Palin knows full well that she is FAR from a favorite of the liberal, republican party elites. So if she has ANY hope of getting the 2012 nomination, she’ll have to play the political game to at least some extent.
Exactly - I think Reagan also knew he had to do this in order to build a strong coalition and get the support of those who are now called RINOs (center right) and libertarians.
She already stated in her Tea Party Convention speech that she knew she was going to get involved in several primaries and sometimes people may not agree with her stance which is what she loved about conservatives and about the tea party itself - we do disagree with things that other conservatives do or say, because we believe in individualism and the freedom of speech; we aren’t sheep that walk lock step with the party.
However, there are those on this forum and this thread who will say because she has endorsed two high-profile controversial figures in primaries (one of whch the MSM would have had a field day with if she threw under the bus), people are ready to toss her out and claim she only supports RINOs.
After meeting her I do not feel that is the case at all and truly believe she does want to see this country turned around and back in the right direction, literally and figuratively. I believe she practices conservative principles in her own life - but she is seen as too polarizing and almost too conservative for many of the center right elite on the east and west coasts. In order to garner support from them she has to be willing to work with them.
I just read a post about the UK elections and the same goes for the Tories and the UKIP - no coalition between the two was formed and the Tories offended the UKIP — therefore 1M votes were lost by the Tories because of this split and it could have made a big difference in some of these races to get to that majority.