GOP Insiders Sour On Palin

Hotline On Call ^ | January 7, 2009

[Al B.]

A poll of GOP insiders suggests that ex-AK Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has little support among the party's professional class -- and maybe that's just how she wants it.

In a survey of 109 party leaders, political professionals and pundits, Palin finished 5th on the list of candidates most likely to win the party's '12 WH nomination. Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney (R) was the overwhelming choice of the

Voters were asked to rank 5 candidates in the order of likeliness to capture the GOP nod. The results:

Likely To Win WH'12 Nomination (First place votes)

Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney 81 points (62%)
MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty 46 (9%)
Sen. John Thune 38 (12%)
MS Gov. Haley Barbour 28 (6%)
IN Gov. Mitch Daniels 25
Ex-AK Gov. Sarah Palin 25

[Al B.]

Romney is done. I don’t know anything about Daniels, though. Is he a conservative?

Dunno on Daniels. He ain't exactly on the tips of conservatives' tongues, though. A few weeks back he lost a 2012 presidential straw poll to Palin by a 2-1 margin, in his own state. :)

[ajay_kumar]

Haley Barbour is one of the smartest governor and politician in GOP. He said today (I think on Glen Beck show) that in order to WIN we CAN"T be a party of PURE, but a party of BIG. As much as I wish GOP was more conservative on fiscal & defense issues, I just hate losing. Losers have no power in US. Losers get reamed by the likes of Obama, and I hate getting reamed more than feeling pure.

[Psalm 144]

I’m not concerned at all with the GOP.

I go where conservatives go.

I go where Palin goes.

Mitt Romney can kiss my ass.
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I share your sentiments except that I would not allow by ass to be insulted by contact with his lips.

[cranked]

GOP elitists will allow Obama to gain a second term......

[Psalm 144]

Whatever, screw the GOP, I washed my hands of them a long time ago. I’m a Conservative first, when the Republican party gets their thumbs out of their ears and actually starts LISTENING to US then I will support them again
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It was interesting last year to see how many disaffected Reagan democrats were following SP. The PUMAs have a lot of fire in the belly, and are as sick of their apparatchiki as we are of ours.

[Polybius]

Oh what a shame, a bunch of elitist ass clowns are not Sarah Palin fans. I bet she is sitting at home crying her little eyes out

It really does not matter what they think.

What matters to get elected President is what the American voters think and there are more American voters that have an Unfavorable opinion of Sarah Palin than there are American voters that have a Favorable opinion of Sarah Palin.

Like it or not, them's the facts.

Having a sizable majority of voters have, at the very least, a Favorable opinion of a candidate is the lowest minimum requirement needed to have a sonwball's chance in Hell of getting elected to any office. You may have a Favorable opinion of two candidates but still think that one is much better suited for a public office. You may have a "Favorable" opinion of your neighbor's cat but that does not mean you are going to vote for the cat for Mayor.

If any candidates are so disliked by the American electorate that they actually has more voters with an Unfavorable opinion of them than a Favorable one, those candidate are toast in a Presidential election.

[Nuc1]

I wouldn’t worry a bit about that poll. Mitt? I don’t think so.

[chris37]

ah that gave me a good laugh :D

Still I find it hard to understand how Romney enjoys so much support.

He couldn’t even come close to beating Mccain, who couldn’t even come close to beating Obama or Hillary for that matter.

The only thing that I can figure that makes the GOP think he stands any chance in Hell in winning this time is that this is the GOP we are talking about, and it is not smart, not by any means.

[Texas Fossil]

I almost agree with you. I do not want anything to do with a 3rd party. It should only come in play if the knot heads at the National Committee continues with their “elitist” loosers strategy.

They do Suffer from this illness.

It is time to “Get The Job Done” and we have no room for error. We must recover our nation from the Commies Left that controls the Dem. Party.

If the Republican National Committee wants to play the game to win, OK. But if they only want to continue with “me too” but weaker strategy, all the rules go out the window.

[hal ogen]

Obviously, the republican “insiders” have done such a great job. they allowed nobmama to be elected by the boneheaded mccain move. LOSERS! Please resign and let conservative activists run the party.

[The Duke]

GOP insiders were born sour on Palin.

They didn't think too highly of Ronald Reagan, either.

[Diogenesis]

Insiders? I think not. These are the same backstabbers
of Romney that threw Election2008 for Obama.

How is that working out for all you?

The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++8 to 10 pts. in some polls, days prior to the election.
So rather than helping the GOP, poor loser “I am Myth” Romney and
TeamROMNEY decided …… to attack Gov. Palin (and her defenseless children) to throw Election2008.

"Frum was indeed a critic of Palin, calling her nomination a "huge mistake" during an October 13 (2008, weeks before the election) Early Show appearance."

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David Frum: "Two of our most plausible candidates for president in 2012 are leading Mormons: Mitt Romney and Utah governor Jon Huntsman."

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David Frum: "I have a lot of regard for Mitt Romney as a man and politician… I will support him without qualm."

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Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."

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The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.

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Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."

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"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

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Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney

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"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?"

[LibLieSlayer]

I may vote for GOP candidates... and NEVER for a dim... and ONLY for a Conservative... but I will NEVER AGAIN... after a lifetime of being a member of the GOP... I will NEVER AGAIN give them a dime or be a registered member... because of these country club “professional” crooks that run the scam.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

I like Haley... I really do... but I am growing convinced that he is a corporatist and not a Capitalist.

LLS

[DB9]

Of course the Mittens won. All of those a**hole DC Republicans who participated in the poll work for him.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

All the RINOs who pissed away the last GOP majority want to do it again.

Isn't that special?

[chris37]

Losers they are. In fact, losing seems to be the only thing they are good at >_<;

[ajay_kumar]

Corporations, whether publicly owned or privately owned are the only effective creators of wealth, also known as capital.
I am all for encouraging formation of corporations since small corporations create lion’s share of new jobs. I am AGAINST bailouts of large corporations who are inherently inefficient, bureaucratic and have the $$$ to corrupt politicians.

[Mad Dawgg]

"GOP Insiders Sour On Palin"

EDIT: RINOs GOP Insiders Sour On Palin

Edited for clarity...

[firebrand]

And made him promise to be pro-life first. All in Craig Shirley’s book on the 1980 election—political junkie catnip.