I don’t know how many times I’ve told Rombotts that Mitt would of profited immensely from being a town selectman for four years, or a stint in the military, and especially for him, as an enlisted.
He’s lived too isolated a life.
The Mormon experience is one of distance from the main culture.
Harvard Law and Finance are, in general, distancing experiences.
Mitt getting out and about, doesn’t help him. Yeah, the GOP policy wonks all like him, but they have one vote each, and frankly, even amongst Republicans, basically, no one reads the NR, Weekly Standard.
Palin has it. She might not have much more, but she has that popular ‘it’, something Mitt, or anyone, can not buy or fake.
You get the feeling that Palin is a fighter. That she gets mad. I don’t get that about Mitt. Other than Mitt, I don’t know what Mitt is fighting for. I don’t know what Mitt’s ‘Big Cause’ is. Palin has leadership, Mitt has management. Palin generates passion, Mitt does checkbook.
Palin has instinct, Mitt has polls. Palin is a life long hunter, Mitt shot a gopher, maybe, once. Palin’s kid is in Iraq, Mitt’s go to Harvard and hand out sandwiches on the campaign bus. Palin’s speaking has her own distinct personality, Mitt makes you sleep. Plain has and is a roll up your sleeves, who you talking to Governor, Mitt was a committee guy Governor.
It’s done for Mitt. He either must not hire brutally frank advisers, or he won’t listen, which, experiencing the fanaticism of his minions, isn’t surprising.
| Palin has leadership | Mitt has management. |
| Palin generates passion | Mitt does checkbook. |
| Palin has instinct | Mitt has polls. |
| Palin is a life long hunter | Mitt shot a gopher, maybe, once. |
| Palin’s kid is in Iraq | Mitt’s go to Harvard and hand out sandwiches on the campaign bus. |
| Palin’s speaking has her own distinct personality | Mitt makes you sleep. |
| Plain has and is a roll up your sleeves, who you talking to Governor | Mitt was a committee guy Governor. |