Posted on 11/21/2010 10:53:17 AM PST by Brices Crossroads
Fred Barnes seems to have reversed his opinion on Governor Palin's presidential prospects. He said the following at the non-partisan Alabama Policy Institute:
When moderator and API president Gary Palmer asked the panelists for their take on potential 2012 presidential candidates, Moore brought up the names Chris Christie, Paul Ryan and Mike Pence. “Moore forgot Sarah Palin!” exclaimed Barnes, who said that Palin is the most solidly conservative possibility with a tremendous following.
While he considered Jim DeMint to also be a good potential candidate, Barnes said “Never underestimate Sarah Palin.”
Pollster Kellyanne Fitzpatrick Conway also had some perceptive advice for the crowd at this forum:
"Please don’t rush to find a nominee,” advised Conway, “come up with a job description for president and force these job aspirants to audition for the role.”
She encouraged Republicans to have a competitive primary and not get lost in the superficial notion of win-ability.
“Don’t ask who can win. Ask who can lead.”
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/not-your-average-read/2010/nov/20/alabama-policy-institute-conway-barnes-moore/
If the question is: "Who can lead?", then the answer is obvious.
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Gald he came around, but who cares what the amnesty loving, “Beltway Boy” Fred Barnes thinks anyways?
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It appears that barnes has seen the light or the numbers tumbled at the weekly standard after barnes slagged off Palin.Gee barnes do you think its liberals that give you the numbers at weekly standard?
I never heard of Paul Ryan. And while I rather like Governor Christie, he is NOT a conservative. Mike Pence is a good guy. But I don’t think he’s electable.
We should get JIM DEMINT to be President...let’s forget the nonsense and start drafting DEMINT NOW!
I like Paul Ryan a lot, from the little I have seen he is awesome.
He really meant to say “McCain instead of Palin”.
Amen!!!!
We all know who that is. Sarah doen't need a puppet master or TOTUS as you-know-who does. LOL!
Barnes’ mention of SP as a potential aside is a quisling media sychophant who will subtly turn on her in a heartbeat. NONE of these former ITB (Inside the Beltway) quislings matter any more and they need to be ostracized by conservatives. It’s all a trick; he’s no conservative or open-minded for that matter. He’s just working the spillover to the other side of the media fence. Screw them all. Every One.
"superficial notion of win-ability"No winnee...no leadee!
A lot will depend on our horrifying primary nominating process and whatever tricks the establish try to use to rig the thing.
BUT, she has taken her lessons to heart and has made a lot of headway. There's still a lot of work left to do with RINOs and independents but it seems attainable. The opposition knows it to, that why the heat is still on her.
Why does Christie’s name keep coming up? I know he’s about as conservative as we’re going to get in New Jersey, like
Scott Brown in Massachusetts, and is pro-life. But other than that and his admirable fiscal toughness, he’s for amnesty, cap-and-trade, and is a typical northeastern gun-grabber. I like Christie where he is, but I’m afraid he’s an all-to-typical big-government northeastern Republican who would turn off too many of the GOP bsse. Christie securing the GOP nod could well prompt a third-party run by a more conservative candidate and guarantee four more years of Obama.
I’m with several other commenters: let’s have a good, robust primary and see who demonstrates the leadership skills and electability. I could easily support and vote for Palin, or DeMint, and possibly other candidates not yet emerging.
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