Posted on 07/27/2009 3:12:13 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON (CNN) – It looks like Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have one less fan.
On the same day that Palin is set to transfer power to her lieutenant governor, Republican strategist Alex Castellanos said her prospects for national office looked grim.
“’I’ve been a supporter of Sarah Palin — at times,” Castellanos said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union. “She gave the McCain campaign its best two weeks. But, you know, if we’re going to be critical of Democrats when they shirk their responsibilities, we have do the same within our own house. She abandoned her state in the middle of a term.”
On the national political stage, Castellanos, who worked as a political consultant for Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential bid, likened Palin to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
WAITAMINUTE! Comparing a respectful conservative to that low life scumbag con artist, the Huckster, is waaaay over the edge!
I don’t care if it’s Romney or Palin or even Ron Paul on the ticket, I’m just sick of the current disaster in the White House and want to beat him in 2012.
In your honest opinion, do you think that Palin is the Republican party’s best shot at winning in 2012? Or does she more accurately fit the description of a spoiler in the mold of Perot or Huckabee? Be honest.
Now that statement is going to take some thought.
Didn't work this last time, won't work next time.
Also for the truth file -- of the 8 House Republicans that voted FOR Crap & Tax, Romney's PAC has donated money to 3 of them this year...Mike Castle (DE), Mark Kirk (IL), and Dave Reichert (WA).
ERJCaptain is another die hard Romneybot.
Or as he likes to describe it. “As a Romney supporter from day one”
Romney has won one election in his entire life, in every campaign he either breaks or comes close to breaking records for spending personal wealth to defeat his opponents, but to no avail.
After spending 150 million dollars on his advertising campaign in 2007-08 he did poorly in the primary and still cannot emerge as the party favorite, instead the republican favorite is a multiple election winner that has yet to spend a penny on a personal, national campaign.
Mitt Romney is the spoiler.
Thank you for this excellent post. IMHO, if the folks at FR who like Romney would be as candid and honest as you, we wouldn’t have near the level of “bashing” that goes on. In the same spirit of candor, I think the “bashing” goes on because conservatives ‘fear’ the ignorance of voters who can easily be swayed by the outer “prettiness” of Mitt which is why we would like to derail his campaign early, not all that unlike what the Libs are trying to do to Sarah.
Sounds like the Republican’s are going to screw up the elections next time around again because they can’t keep their big mouths shut.
******************
No!
Mitt Romney= Socialized Medicine = No vote from me. Ever......................................................... Romney = GOP - R.I.P.!
I happen to believe that the primary “deciding factor” as to whether or not Palin/Romney/Other is the best chance to beat Obama is going to be the state of the country in 2011-2012. Also, I think the midterm elections will play a part, as there may be one negative to an unlikely GOP takeover of the House and/or Senate in that the natural electoral fatigue of the ruling party will be diluted by the then perceived balance-of-power. Voters will have an excuse to re-elect.
In the event that Obama proves vulnerable, I genuinely believe Palin to be the best shot at winning for the following reasons:
1.) She is the most vetted candidate in history.
2.) She will bring out the absolute maximum support in base organizing, GOTV, and volunteering we will have seen in our lifetimes.
3.) As a product of #1, there will be no ability to attack any voting record of hers, nor will there be any legitimate flip-flops to cite.
4.) Moderates and Independents who will not already be predisposed to vote for the Democrat will be more swayed by the condition of the country than anything else.
5.) The silent women vote: there will be a small percentage - not necessarily a large number, but a small percentage - of women who will vote for Palin based on her gender. This will be especially true now that the other “glass ceiling” has already been broken. It will not come from women predisposed to the Democrat candidate, but will come from non-partisan single moms and suburban women who would otherwise have cast their vote for the Democrat as a default, and without passion.
6.) There is no POSSIBLE October surprise in Palin’s case.
Can Romney win also? If the president is indeed vulnerable, he could. But like it or not Romney will not enjoy near the same level of base support, and will be blasted in media that would otherwise be employed as the “alternative media” used to defend Republicans. He is viewed as a RINO (and I believe, unjustly so); and, as was seen in the last campaign and now, he employs a scorched-earth policy that will make uniting even the remaining sums of the party (the ones not already predisposed against him for being a “RINO”) very difficult.
Either can win, but I believe Romney has a much higher mountain to climb. And Romney's supporters do him a great disservice with the “Mitt Romney is as pure as the driven snow” attitude they carry. It will make an October surprise or strategically-placed personal rumor devastating to his campaign in the General Election. Much of the public already approaches him with the “plastic persona” suspicions we heard about all last campaign. I know, I was there.
I'll vote for either, but I do believe Sarah Palin GENUINELY has the best chance of winning in 2012 - if Obama proves beatable at all.
Viewed as a RINO? *snort* He is a RINO. Romney's political record speaks for itself: it's naught much more than a series of recurring flip-flops and attempts to play both sides of the aisle by talking like a conservative and quietly acting like a liberal statist. Let me be blunt: Romney is a charlatan, a trickster, a chameleon, a donkey wearing an elephant suit, and a lying two-faced political jackal. He is McCain without the senility, the profound mental retardation, and the vapid left-wing daughter.
There are two types of conservatives: the ones who actually believe what they say and actually attempt to carry out the agenda, and the ones who pepper their language with conservative-sounding words while acting like Democrats once they gain power. Romney is the latter; I'm not sure about Palin yet, but I am beginning to believe that she may be of the former.
In either regard, I can say right now with absolutely no hesitation that I will refuse to back that two-faced Socialist bastard and RINO quisling Romney in 2012, if he is the GOP nominee. He is not a conservative; he is a Democrat in Republican clothing.
I will not be voting for him for anything.
Yep, and I can not understand why any conservative would support this liberal. It just doesn’t make any sense.
Sarah is the best choice for real conservatives today. I will work and support her any way I can when she runs for President. I am sick and tired of voting for the lesser of 2 evils.
Romney/McCain adviser Castellanos, blaming Palin and her bad interviews for losing the election:
CASTELLANOS: But remember, guys, for a few brief minutes when Sarah Palin was actually the message of the campaign, when she represented the maverick part of the campaign, that’s when we were getting independents, we were getting women. Now, when she lost a lot of credibility with a couple of bad interviews...
BROWN: Right. Right.
CASTELLANOS: ... then, then she only became a base pick. But up for a little while, Republicans actually were tied and winning this election.
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0811/11/ec.01.html
She did not abandon her state and waste taxpayer dollars pursuing other interests.
I will not vote for Romney no matter what.
And gee, here’s more Castellanos on Palin:
“Palin needs to demonstrate growth above all else, if she is capable. She needs to retire from the field, endure a period of introspection, and renew herself before she can attempt to return,” said Alex Castellanos, a GOP media consultant who most recently advised Mitt Romney during his 2008 presidential campaign. “Unless she retires from the field soon, the cement will set on the Sarah Palin we know now.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081130/pl_politico/15924
There must be accountability. ROMNEY (and Colin Powell) are no longer welcome to Conservatives.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.