Mike Murphy: To go forward, GOP must snap out of its Sarah Palin spell

The New York Daily News ^ | July 9, 2009 | Mike Murphy

[Mama Shawna]

OMG! Look at the people he’s advised... hahahahahaha!

[mrsixpack36]

He is correct. As much as we all like Palin, she is NOT electable on the top of the ticket. She can be a valuable member of the party and help the GOP a lot. Its time we be real, while we still have the time.

[ScottinVA]

“Yet even after she helped cost McCain the election”

WTF??? This is a joke, right??

[rj45mis]

Ms Coulter would agree with you. These whacked out liberals are unable to function normally but sit at their keyboards and obsess on Bush, Limbaugh or Palin.

[bigbob]

Hope he keeps it up, in another two years or less punks like this will be unemployable.

[new cruelty]

Many of her one-time admirers will shake their heads and grumpily admit to themselves that those liberal jerks in the media elite might have been right about this one after all.

Good grief. More fear and gnashing over this woman.

[vaudine]

"- I am one of McCain's biggest admirers."

Enough said Mike!

I am letting every pundit and every RNC caller know how disgusted I am with the Murphys, Frums, Carlsons, etc. who want us to be Dem lite.

This country is so far gone, Dem lite just won't hack it.

vaudine

[Mamzelle]

re: Murphy is an Obama shill. During the election, he told McCain that he would quit the campaign if McCain attacks Obama harshly.)))

Was this Murphy or McKinnon?

[presidio9]

These editorials get more and more insipid. FR is quite representative of the core of conservative values in this country. There were plenty of people here (myself included) who adimred the woman, agreed with everything she said, and still did not see her as viable presidential candidate. Maybe her next step will change our minds, but I doubt it. The point is Sarah had a big following, but the GOP is hardly in a funk over her.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Are you his valet or his pool boy?

[Julia H.]

“...I am one of McCain’s biggest admirers.”

Ah, say no more.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

What the republican party needs to to do is dispose of people like Mike Murphy. But hey Mike keep saying stuff like this and you’ll always be welcomed back on Meet The Press. Here are some facts, McCain did better among woman than Bush did - that can be attributable to Palin. Truth is that if Palin had not been on that ticket McCain would have been lucky to get 40% of the vote depending on who he picked.

[goodnesswins]

WHO would you suggest fits the bill?

[rintense]

First, she was an awful choice last year as John McCain's running mate. I came to this conclusion with regret - I am one of McCain's biggest admirers.

No need to read further.

[yongin]

McCain advisers are all the same to me. :)

[TonyInOhio]

He is correct. As much as we all like Palin, she is NOT electable on the top of the ticket. She can be a valuable member of the party and help the GOP a lot. Its time we be real, while we still have the time.

Who would you like to see as the GOP nominee, then? What constitutes "being real"?

[reefdiver]

Just cause a guy picks up a pen or pencil instead of a real tool , does not make Him or Her (Dowd) a leader, smart, or some one to listen to.

Its like listening to Jackson Brown discuss relationships with beautiful women

[TChad]

..brought nothing to the ticket except a surefire knack for exciting voters who were already reliably Republican.

I wonder how accurate that is.

[rintense]

Yep, it has only been RINOs and liberals going after her.

[PhiKapMom]

I don’t think so — all this crap leads back to McCain/Romney staffers and supporters. Disgusting.