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Palin Creates Buzz But Rivals Bet She Won't Run (Romney Adviser: Palin an 'entertainer')
The Washington Examiner ^ | Thursday, May 26, 2011 | Byron York

Posted on 05/26/2011 6:27:37 PM PDT by kristinn

"The bottom line is Sarah Palin is not going to run for president," says a Republican adviser close to front-runner Mitt Romney. "She's making money, she's moved on, she's kind of an entertainer rather than a politician. She still has some sway with the grass roots, but she is not going to run." "I don't think she's going to run," says a Republican close to Tim Pawlenty. "She has faded a lot in the last few months. I look at what she's doing now and say that she's found a way to get back in the story."

Maybe these representatives of rival campaigns are just spinning. But the fact is, some of the most serious people in the 2012 Republican race don't believe Palin will run. While the press looks at the former Alaska governor's publicity operation, political pros look at her campaign operation, or, more accurately, her lack of a campaign operation.

"Watch what she has done," says the Republican close to Romney. "Has she contacted one major donor across the country about putting together an organization? Has she talked to one member of the Republican National Committee about working for a campaign, or one governor, or one former governor about working for a campaign? The answer is no."

Campaigns are filled with routine work. For example, on Thursday, the Pawlenty team sent out a message headlined, "Governor Pawlenty Unveils Florida Finance Team." It's not newsy, but it's the kind of thing presidential campaigns have to do. Palin's not doing it. There are no Palin campaign organizations in early primary and caucus states, or anywhere else, for that matter.

Nevertheless, the political world is filled with speculation about Palin's intentions. Until recently, most Republican insiders believed she would not run.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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To: byteback

I see the problem now. What you are missing is white liberals are turning to Romney. White conservatives are not. This has nothing to do with a degree. Obama is a failure, and white libs are picking the nearest GOP candidate they can support.


101 posted on 05/26/2011 8:49:44 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: nopardons

I just wanted your opinion on what we see thus far.


102 posted on 05/26/2011 8:51:11 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: BluH2o

I was in the MA GOP when Romney was elected —at first thrilled and then sadly disillusioned. He basically abandoned the state for a full-time presidential run halfway through his one term. Pretty much let himself get rolled by the Democrat legislature, but then again he had sounded like one of them when he had tried for the senate years earlier. Romneycare was his one big ‘accomplishment’ because it was going to be the centerpiece of his presidential run. Instead it is making the healthcare situation in MA worse month by month by month.


103 posted on 05/26/2011 8:52:53 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Longbow1969
Romney has zero buzz in Ohio. I have yet to hear the first person here who says he likes Romney for president, and that is going back to 2008 inclusive. It just ain't happenin'.
104 posted on 05/26/2011 8:53:46 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Clyde5445
Well, she is starting from Washington on Sunday... yeah, NH might be about right by Thursday.
105 posted on 05/26/2011 8:58:38 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: eyedigress
I think ( hope and pray, as well ) that Palin is going to throw her hat into the ring. If she does, I'm going to everything I can to see her get elected president.

The stupid crack about college grads won't vote for her, is patently ridiculous and in spades! It's als damned class warfare and the height of stupidity. OTOH, I know some people who didn't graduate from college who are far better read and far and away more knowledgeable than those with Masters and PHDs !

Rove was on with Greta tonight and whilst he wasn't exactly singing Sarah's praises, he was giving her a lot of props; especially when he said that she does things her own way and doesn't "need" to do things ( i.e. raise money ) the old fashioned way. And he's right about her........for a change.

Everything that Palin has been doing, especially lately, has been brilliant! The bus trip and the movie are a way around the MSM, the pundits, and the damned elitists.

106 posted on 05/26/2011 9:01:48 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: BluH2o

For any one reading this post out there in FReeper land ... you now get a measure of this man.
____________________________________

Yes RomneyBot

youre a putz


107 posted on 05/26/2011 9:11:56 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: ncalburt

Yea I believe gallup because it also matches personal experience with friends and coworkers. One military contract I worked my boss was a AF Academy grad and went to football games. Another guy was a retired E8 and when we asked him about AF he said “why would I root for a bunch of Officers?”

So I realized that even that we should all be on the same team that personal background still rules our thinking.

It’s not about being better or worse than anyone but if you feel inferior about yourself that will carry over.


108 posted on 05/26/2011 9:27:32 PM PDT by byteback
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To: Longbow1969

Palin will either be the next president, or there won’t be a republican president in this century.


109 posted on 05/26/2011 10:23:29 PM PDT by itsahoot (We make jokes, they make progress. Dimmitude, get used to it.)
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To: Elendur; Jim Robinson
Be advised... Per Jim Robinson, FR is no place to support Romney:

"I'd rather shut the place [FR] down than be involved in any effort to install abortionist/gay rights pushing RINOS like Romney or Giuliani into the White House!!"

110 posted on 05/27/2011 3:58:43 AM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)
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To: kristinn

OP courtesy ping to #110...


111 posted on 05/27/2011 4:01:10 AM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)
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To: byteback

I have a MBA with national honors, have been an adjunct professor at local university, a senior officer in a $400 million corporation and currently an entrepreneur representing business partners in Europe and Far East.

So cease with your stupid drivel on blue collar vs. white collar - typical leftwing nut talk.

It is defenders of the Constitution vs RINO socialists/progressives and their RomneyCare.

PALIN/West 2012


112 posted on 05/27/2011 4:17:55 AM PDT by newfreep (Palin/West 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: Jim Robinson

Simple. Effective... I like it!


113 posted on 05/27/2011 5:22:22 AM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: kristinn

I despise Romney. They really are arrogant a-holes in the mold of 0bama. Entertaining to have Mitt describe Mittcare.


114 posted on 05/27/2011 10:04:07 AM PDT by mrspeelwerneeded (Palin 2012)
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To: byteback

please spare me the bs


115 posted on 05/27/2011 7:20:39 PM PDT by ncalburt (NO MORE WIMPS need to apply to fight the Soros Funded Puppet !)
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To: byteback

BS


116 posted on 05/27/2011 7:26:33 PM PDT by ncalburt (NO MORE WIMPS need to apply to fight the Soros Funded Puppet !)
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To: PaleoBob
According to Gallop, Romney's supporters are Collage educated Catholic conservatives.
117 posted on 05/29/2011 4:38:20 AM PDT by Paperpusher
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