Palin goes for outsourced labor vote? [New Hampshire Romneybots attack her India trip]

The Manchester Union-Leader ^ | February 23, 2011 | Drew Cline, Editorial Page Editor

[RedMDer]

... Gov. Palin is the keynote speaker

Because she represents The American People and no one in the present administration can come close that. Our friends in the rest of the world wants to remain friends with us and reject the Cowardice, Liar-in-chief Marxist in the White House.

[Lazlo in PA]

Hey people. We have a beautiful thread going here and we are missing a key element.

Allow me to post an obligatory pic.

That's better.

[unseen1]

Why would Palin or any candidate not named mitt waste on sec of time or one cent of money in NH? Mitt has camped out there for 5 years. He controls all the local pols. The deck is extremely stacked in Mitt's favor. NH has made itself a moot point in the 2012 election. The only way NH becomes important is if Mitt doesn't win or Mitt wins by less than 40%. Palin is smart to stay away from NH. You don't play when the house is stacking the deck.

By avoiding NH Palin is telling everyone that NH is unimportant and in the “bag” for Mitt. Will she campaign ther ein the future. Maybe but for now not going is the best policy...

[SuziQ]

That's why I see a 3-way race in 2012...Palin, Romney (Independent) and Obama.

I can't see that happening, because to run as an Independent, Romney will have to use a LOT of his own money. I don't think he's interested in throwing that much money away in such a losing proposition.

[JPG]

Gov Palin's talk in India will be on her 'vision for America'. It will generate an enormous amount of interest worldwide. The MSM will also have to prominently cover it and that has to be giving them tight jaws just thinking about it.

They claim she is stupid. They have, or soon will, discover otherwise.

[who knows what evil?]

Did Sarah hurt poor widdle Red Hampshire's feelings? It has yet to dawn on the Union-Leader that New Hampshire isn't much of a political player anymore...just a socialist suburb of Boston.

Whatever.

[who knows what evil?]

Sarah should blow off Red Hampshire and start the campaign in South Carolina/Florida.

[who knows what evil?]

BTW, it’s a shame about what has happened to the Union Leader since Nackey Loeb died. A damn shame!

Amen.

[who knows what evil?]

Another nice one from the U-L comments:

BTW, if your candidate is Romney, for example, why no rant when he was in Afghanistan and Israel last month?

Why, indeed?

[unseen1]

Well IA first then yeah blow off NH go for SC/FL and NV as well as MI

[arrogantsob]

Palin goes to India and that means she can’t run for president, WTF? This state has pretensions WAAAY over its head and should play only a minor role in selection of candidates.

Only the media makes this and Iowa important anyway both should be relegated to the back pages of the news. The ridiculous emphasis given those primaries is absurd.

If some liberal nitwit were to go the loathesome media would be fawning and raving about how “broadminded” she was, how “far thinking”, how concerned about “getting to know half a billion people in the world’s biggest democracy, yada yada yada...”

Did I ever tell you that the Democrat Media DISGUSTS me?

[who knows what evil?]

I always forget the Iowa caucus...Sarah should be able to do well there, but then it is on to the south...let NH pout and suck its thumb...

[arrogantsob]

She is to give the closing speech? AWESOME.

[unseen1]

yeap NH is Mitt’s one and only hope of wiin gthe nomination. Simply make NH meaningless and Mitt goes the way fo the dodo...

[arrogantsob]

What is the matter with these people inviting her to serve in such an important role, don’t they know she is a light-weight, whom is hated by the entire American people, ignorant and hopelessly befuddled? Just ask Katie Couric.

[Islander7]

Doesn't matter if they win or lose, they'll never win a general election...because that base will never, ever vote for them.

I disagree. Conservatives will turn out to vote against 0bama. 0bama will have everyone at the polls, even more dead folks than usual. I do agree a third party is a very bad idea, but good for 0bama.

[editor-surveyor]

"They are all afraid of the girl Stateswoman."

Errors corrected, ready to publish.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I dont understand the logic of “Palin is going to India therefore that means she’s not running for President” line. One has nothing to do with the other.

[Mariner]

"Romney will have to use a LOT of his own money"

Do you believe that between Romney, the Mormon Church and it's members...much less it's business enterprises (Albertsons stores etc.) could not come up with the $700mil necessary to run for POTUS?

That doesn't even include the philosophical and secular business support he can muster...along with the GOP old guard.

Yes, I said it. If the GOP Establishment doesn't get Romney (or whomever their second choice candidate is - Thune?), they TOO will go independent.

I say good riddance to the lot of them.

[SuziQ]

Yeah, well we’ll see how serious the Republicans are about actually winning back the White House, when it all shakes out in 2012.