[Grunthor]

“Romney: Palin Candidacy ‘Would Be a Good Thing’”

Well of course it. For Mitt. She would suck up all the votes from the lesser conservatives, take some from Perry and, voila! Mitt Romney is you G.O.P. nominee, leading to 4 more years of Obama.

OR; she might be smart enough to see through the thinly veiled strategy by the NE uber-Rino and stay out of the race.

[OwatonnaNative]

“OR; she might be smart enough to see through the thinly veiled strategy by the NE uber-Rino and stay out of the race.”

OR, she will look at the Perry polls and conclude we need a conservative that can win, and enter the race.

[Jeff Vader]

romney is a serious candidate only in his own mind. as you rightly point out he’s a NE uber-RINO. those of us in flyover country will never vote for him. Gov Palin will have no problem brushing him aside when she announces.

[JaguarXKE]

Or, your theory could total BS and she would walk away with the nomination and be the next POTUS. That’s my theory.

[the invisib1e hand]

Sarah Palin would be THE single largest vote-gathering machine going.

Is Mitt hoping that she can be his "little lady"? He needs to disabuse himself of that delusion asap.

Mitt's bluffing, he's being the moron we all know that he must be.

[definitelynotaliberal]

You say, “She would suck up all the votes from the lesser conservatives, take some from Perry ...”

I agree. If the final 2 on the GOP side are Palin and Romney, I daresay it will Palin’s way.

[Paperdoll]

Personally, I have severe reservations about both Romney and Perry. Perhaps one of rhe other candidates will outshine them all tonight.

[9YearLurker]

Or she might be smart enough to know that Crony Perry won’t play outside of the Texas and parts of the South once voters actually get to know him, that Crony Perry can’t take corruption to Obama any more than Mitt can take Obamacare to him, and that the race will whittle down to Romney vs. the better (truer) conservative option quickly enough.

IMO Palin’s entry lowers the chances of our getting stuck with Mitt, while increasing the chances we have a strong candidate to run against Obama.

(Don’t look now but the latest polls already show Palin more competitive than Perry against Obama and with Perry completely lost in NH.)

[manc]

or she might look at Perry and Romney and say we need a proper conservative who will secure the border, overturn don’t ask don’t use cop outs like it is states rights when it comes to the homo agenda and no Govt health care

[Finny]

Yeah, but the whole question serves zero purpose except as a springboard for platitudes -- would ANY current GOP candidate publicly declare he/she thought a Palin candidacy would be a bad thing? Let's say Perry did just that, arguing that Palin might split the take in Romney's favor. He'd come across to many as feeling threatened and whining about it. No, that Romney says a Palin candidacy would be a good thing is about as significant as Congress making a proclamation declaring June as "National Ice Cream Month."

As for not entering the race for fear of taking votes from Perry -- conventional wisdom (an oxymoron in politics) seems to be that Perry isn't as risky. There are TWO truths:

1. For all of Perry's good points, there remain valid, significant doubts about Perry's positions on immigration and "crony capitalism," not to mention the two very different approaches that, as governors, Palin and Perry took with regard to the Gardasil issue. Perry issued an Executive Order and mandated it with an opt-out, whereas Palin refused to mandate it and left it in the hands of the Feds. There are major weaknesses with regard to Perry that, as far as I can tell, are exlusive to him; Palin is in the clear on at least two, if not all three of those issues.

2. Perry presents a much, much higher risk of being victimized by an "October Surprise" kind of scandal, as he has never experienced a small fraction of the hostile vetting and scandal-digging that Palin has. Palin is 100 percent campaign-ready in that regard, whereas Perry is extremly risky and vulnerable in that regard.

I believe I have pretty good reason to question the "conventional wisdom" that Romney will only lose if Palin doesn't get in the race.

[upsdriver]

Well of course it. For Mitt. She would suck up all the votes from the lesser conservatives,

A most worthy goal, to get the lesser conservatives out of the race. We don't need them. Let's have a serious debate between the Greater Conservative and the Mass. Moderate. My money is on Sarah Palin and American conservatism to win over New England liberalism.

[A CA Guy]

Right, I like Sarah but she would be going in way too late and would have the effect of drawing support from Perry, Bauchman and others.
The end result at THIS time would IMO give you a Romney Republican nomination.
Now without Sarah you have a good chance you get Perry.

All the candidates are going to have blemishes, but you get to pick your poison. Perry or Romney, if you want Perry you don't want Sarah in as I see it.

I think Sarah likes being out, being important like a kind maker and making boat loads of money while doing it all.
Why at this time would you run for President if you were her?

[Moose Burger]

Or, she could team up with Perry and Romney is flat like a Wile E. Coyote cartoon. Or many other options. This isn’t binary choice.

[factmart]

Perry is done , I will vote for Romney before Perry. When he's says that he thinks it good to give illegals free college and that the greatest country ever can't build a fence.

Perry is toast.

It's time for Palin to get in or Romney will be the next President.