Posted on 05/03/2012 4:51:24 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
Several insiders interviewed for this story said former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will present a unique challenge to Romneys team: Will they give her a prime spot to satisfy her fans, or reduce her role because of her polarizing nature?
You want people to generate interest and passion, said one Republican who has organized conventions before and who, like others, didnt want to be named. Sarah Palin goes to a very small segment, relatively speaking, of the Republican Party. And youre trying to put together a rainbow coalition. (Democrats faced a similar situation in 1992, when then-Gov. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania was denied a speaking role, he believed, because he opposes abortion rights.)
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Yhere ino longer is a Republican party. why have a convention? So Jeb Bush can push his way in?
Speakers will be: Chris Christie, Ann Coulter, and Susan Collins, to start.
“her polarizing nature”
Translation: Conservative who won’t submit to the GOPe.
Snub her at your own peril. I’d rather go to her shindig just outside the convention center.
If Mittens and the GOP-e can’t stomach Gov. Palin addressing the convention, then they don’t want my vote.
A potential vote, that is tenuous at best.
Don’t forget Romney’s remarks to his donors a couple of months ago. He didn’t want “evangelicals and Sarah Palin” to have a voice at the convention. So Slickhead will likely get his way.
It’ll be the usual establishment Rs. Jeb Bush, Boehner,Cantor, McCain, Christie, Pawlenty, McDonnell.
Any true conservative should skip this charade. The party has made it clear conservatives aren’t welcome. So let the party brass officially crown Romney. Then watch them cry in their champagne when Romney is defeated in,Novembe.r
When will it be worth tuning in?
Any true conservative should skip this charade. The party has made it clear conservatives aren’t welcome. So let the party brass officially crown Romney. Then watch them cry in their champagne when Romney is defeated in,Novembe.r
They desperately want to tell conservatives to F off but they can’t win without us.
Source:
http://nationaljournal.com/columns/on-the-trail/convention-al-wisdom-20120503
It is inconceivable that Sarah Palin would not speak at the Republican convention. Even the Romneys and Bushes are not that crazy.
When will it be worth tuning in or are these three going to take the stage for the whole evening?
Sarah will speak. Early, because they need someone that can ignite a crowd. If she speaks late she will make the candidates look boring by comparison.
GOPe doesn’t want another Reagan 1976 incident where the convention delegates left the hall and said “dang, she should of been our nominee” (like what some where saying at CPAC 2012).
Which is exactly why, even if Sarah Palin comes out and says that she will “Support” Romney, she will NEVER endorse him or campaign for him. Sarah Palin hates Romney and Romney hates her, and if this is true that they will not allow her to speak, just shows how far off the reservation the GOP has become..they are just like the Democrat party, except with the Dems, you KNOW what they are, the GOP pretends to be about Conservatism but they trash Conservatives just as much as the Dems do
I suspect as little as they can get away with. Gotta leave as much room as possible for Fehrnstrom to say something stupid, don’t you know.
They lack the conviction to do such a thing, they want our money.
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