He clearly doesn’t understand his own party. The GOP has always nominated a candidate that has national campaign experience. As much fun as it is to talk about candidates like Thune and Kasich, the fact is, they don’t stand a chance at winning the nomination.
Our nominee will come from one who has already been tested and involved in a national campaign, whether primary or general. Right now, it will be one of the 3: Huck, Palin or Romney.
And if all goes right, Palin will emerge as the winner.
W didn’t have any natl campaign experience when he ran.
Although maybe one could say being the son of and having the same name as the former Presidet sort of obviated that.
I agree your 3 are the top of the list, and I think Huckabee is Palin’s biggest threat as he draws from the same evangelical base and splits the vote opening things up for Romney. In that regard I wonder if Palin’s choice of Lynn Vincent who writes for WORLD magazine wasn’t some early thing to pay attention to.
And being the fmr head of the GOP House camapign isn’t exactly an asset these days. It’s like being the manager of the Mets the past few years.
That said, Davis was probably more bearish on Romney than Palin. He said of her that she probably too divisive, not a good thing, but not all that bad either. Besides, all Presidents are divisive. It’s just the nature of politics. He said Romney is spent and directly mentioned his flip-flopping.