Romney's Image Improves; Palin Well Regarded by Republican Base

Pew Research Center ^ | June 24, 2009 | Pew Research

[rintense]

Ok!!!

Romney is a RINO and I will never vote for him. Never.

[Vigilanteman]

I much prefer Palin. But by Republican tradition, it's Mitt's turn because he was the runner up to McCain. Therefore, we, the Palin supporters, need to show that it is time to replace this tradition with something better while being respectful of Mitt Romney and his base.

I believe it is possible by comparing the conservative bonafides and leaving the religious bigotry completely out of it.

[Diogenesis]

Romney and his team are not moral. From AIG to the backstabbing, Romney is corrupt.

"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

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Poor sport spoiler Romney attacks other GOP candidatesn:

Novak: "Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign"

Said Novak: "The rumors were traced in part to Mitt Romney's campaign,
trying to stir up strife between McCain and Thompson."

"Despite outspending his rivals by huge margins throughout the primaries,
(Mitt Romney, Carpetbagger UT,CA,MA,NH,Mexico) lost Iowa, South Carolina, Florida and California.
The only primaries he won were in Michigan, where Dad was governor; LDS states;
and a few states on Super Tuesday in which his California-obsessed rivals
couldn't spare the cash to advertise.
Only John Connolly in 1968 had a worse cash-to-delegates ratio.
And John McCain rightly did not like Romney's tactics during the primaries.
(W)hen (Romney's early leads) started slipping away, he resorted to unfair,
distorted, scorched-earth negative ads, betting that his opponents couldn't
afford to spend enough for the truth to catch up to his charges."
[Romney: A Mistake for McCain, 7/23/2008, Dick Morris]

[Diogenesis]

Where was the respect of TeamROMNEY for Gov. Palin?

[techno]

Now be honest. If any politician was that popular with the base of her party. why would she not run?

Hey, any politician would die for those numbers.

Contrary to popular belief Sarah Palin is NOT stupid.

[Blackacre]

The flipside is, if the economy hasn’t recovered by 2012, Obama will be a marked man. Fair or not, the President gets the blame and the credit for what the economy is doing at the time.

[Vigilanteman]

Decent and well-reasoned analysis, but I would forget about Huck in any case because of his religious bigotry baggage.

1. Mormons find him highly offensive. Sure, they're only 2% of the population, but they vote Republican/Conservative by a 10-1 margin at the national level.

2. Catholics find him only slightly less offensive and they are a HUGE demographic, particularly in swing states like Ohio and Pennsylvania.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Ditto

[fieldmarshaldj]

Showing the same respect for Gov. Sanford in this lynch-mob thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278245/posts

[Blackacre]

Sarah Palin does not need to “bone up” on anything. She will decide to run or not. Fact is I don’t trust those who “bone up” on foreign policy issues -— it usually means that they have been coached into a position that has nothing to do with what is part of a core value

At this point, Sarah Palin is the Golvernor of a small state outside the mainstream of American politics and life. Like most Governors, she has little, if any, foreign policy experience. That's not fatal if you're running for VP, but the person at the top of the Presidential ticket needs to have answers for any potential questions dealing with foreign policy. When the time comes, if she isn't ready to give thoughtful, educated answers to foreign policy questions, she'll be doomed.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Screw the polls, screw the RINOs, screw the Stalinist media, full speed ahead.

[Crimson Elephant]

I would agree in most cases, except I think total desperation makes people overlook certain issues.

Obama is a partial example, after the bailout and stock market drop, it made some of the issues surrounding his background less important in many’s eyes.

[AFreeBird]

Sarah's popularity is high on the USS Stennis..

[Blackacre]

Now be honest. If any politician was that popular with the base of her party. why would she not run?

Beating a sitting President is always an uphill battle. Losing an election casts a shadow over any candidate going forward- if Palin ran against The One in 2012 and lost, she's have an uphill battle to get the nomination agaion.

She's young- there's no real rush for her at this point. Of course, if Obama screws the pooch in the next 4 years, all bets are off.

[DanZanRyu]

***Screw the polls***

With that attitude should we support Jim Bunning and Katherine Harris for Senate?

[techno]

On another thread I referred to the concept that Sarah Palin has to get her ‘ducks in a row’ to orchestrate a successful Presidential campaign and part of that is to bone up or become conversant on various issues. This does not mean that Sarah is stupid or unintelligent.

What it does mean that as Governor of Alaska she has focused on issues related mainly to her state and states rights. Running for POTUS simply means she has to shift her focus to national affairs. Folks, she has 2 years to accomplish this.

To deny this is to deny reality.

I will be the first one to admit that Sarah Palin is not ready to be POTUS on June 24, 2009 but by June 24, 2011 I am convinced that she will be 95% ready to be POTUS and by the time she is inaugurated on Jan. 20/2013 she will be 100% ready.

“It is is easier to study up and get SMARTER than it is to not have a PERSONALITY and to try to get one.”

Roger Simon

[frposty]

You say “until we counter the media we won’t win”. How did Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Bush do it? Seems like it can be done.

[the long march]

Blah,blah,blah. Fact is that she made the fatal error of allowing herself to be videotaped in an interview ——guess what it was chopped and diced and hashed. Gosh I am shocked she looked bad when the answers were set to different questions.

All you policy wonks who care sooo very much for the academic ought to consider what made Reagan so great. He had core princples and values that would not allow him to do other than certain things. When he faced off with Gorbachev it was aginst most of his advisors “wise’ counsel. Clinton , Carter, both Bushes, and now Obama show us exactly what academic foreign policy advise will do. Leave me with someone who has a gut reaction and I will be much happier.

Ask the folks in Tehran (oops ya can’t if any protestors are still alive) if they like the reasoned moderate sensible approach that the current administration is taking

[Vigilanteman]

Where was the respect of TeamROMNEY for Gov. Palin?

I don't know if there are any reliable indicators of how big Romney supporters voted for Sarah Palin. Do you?

However I do know that Madison County, Idaho (12.5%) and Utah County, Utah (18.8%) gave Obummer a lower margin of support that any county of more than 10,000 voters in America. These counties are statistically significant, because they are both homes to major Mormon universities and have a very young demographic-- a demographic which went for Obummer by a 2-1 margin nationwide.

Mormons are not the enemy and neither are Romney supporters. They are both among the base which would be essential to drive Obummer from office.

[Vigilanteman]

Like most Governors, she has little, if any, foreign policy experience.

Compared to whom? Obummer? John F. Kerry? Bill Clinton? Even Ronald Reagan at the time he was elected president?

Then there was John F. Kennedy, the freaking foreign policy genius who got us the Bay of Pigs.