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.
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None of the RINO candidates will do what is necessary to save the USA -- that is, roll back the size of the federal government closer to its Constitutional constraints.
The corrupt RINOs will just seize the opportunity to build on Obama's overreaching. Obama just took the RINO corruption and multiplied it by a factor of 10. The RINOs will pick up where he left off, and continue bleeding American citizens until we're all dust.
You are not truthful.
Fisters, truthers, and Democrats are for Romney.
Also, IAG, Soros, al Qaeda are for Romney.
Patriots and Americans are for Gov. Palin.
That includes blue, white, and red collar.
Check out the Gallup poll on Drudge. It’s been this way since last election and the numbers aren’t moving.
Sorry, pal, we do not support abortionist, homosexual rights pushing, big government statists on FR. If you wish to do so, you’ll have to measure up for a new home.
Ivy Leaguer, huh?
You are so full of shit.
You really ought to be in Washington, working for the Obama administration.
I’ts been nice knowing ya...
“Find some college educated Conservatives. The Romney vs Palin split is all white vs blue collar.”
Nope. Graduate degree here. Daan’s list more than once. Magan cum Laude from a major university.
I will not vote for Mitt Romney. Not now, not next year, not ever.
This is just part of the propaganda to paint Palin as white trash. Frankly, the trash in this country are the self declared “elite”, and their self abasing lackeys. Both are unfit for life as autonomous, free people.
Almost all of my Democrat friends want Palin to be the nominee.
“Magan cum Laude from a major university.”
Lol, “magna”, even.
Nobody called me, nor any of my Palin supporting college grad friends.
And FWIW.............there are more people without a college degree than with one.
I’m pretty sure she’s been working toward a run for the past year up until Tucson. Then some of her family were starting to get cold feet—her mother said that she’d advised her not to run. So she put off deciding for a bit, but everything has gone her way over the past month and she’s fully recommitted now.
I really don’t think Romney’s cause is helped by having his advisor call her an ‘entertainer’.
Invisible Church Adviser: Romney is a “socialist”.
Sorry to hear that you have friends who admit to being Democrats, but please encourage them to vote for Sarah. Tell them she can’t beat Øbama and tell them to tell their friends too.
These beltway guys are like mules, glad to take you to the same old place they know so well, and where they've taken you so many times before. Palin is like a bear who will crash the underbrush to get to a place we have not seen in years, maybe almost given up hope it still existed.
Explain.
Nor do I ... you obviously read way more into Romney than I do ... what I'm looking for is a competent administrator for the highest office in this land. Not seeing anyone who impresses me, up to this point, in the pubbie ranks. Someone may emerge ... 'till now Romney is the only individual I deem worthy. He may not fly ... in which case there may be a worthy dark horse candidate emerge from the pack but I'm not seeing it at this point.
your clueless .
Mittens is toxic to the base.
I can't explain something you haven't actually asked.
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