[Bigtigermike]

He's right! If we get to that point --- the establishment is going to squeeze or ram Jeb or Christie as the saviors, we have to counter that immediately with Palin

[humblegunner]

the establishment is going to squeeze or ram Jeb or Christie as the saviors, we have to counter that immediately with Palin

"Savior"? Really?

[apillar]

You think Romney would get creamed by Obama? Just nominate Jeb Bush. By the time the Obama crew got done pining the blame on everything wrong with country on him because his last name happens to be Bush, it would be a blowout of Reagan/Mondale proportions.

[formosa]

No more Bush’s. Another Bush would mean one of two things. An Obama win or a one term republican.

[GeronL]

“We’re all Catholics now”??

What idiocy.

Those laws don’t just apply to Catholics. They apply to everyone (except probably Muzzies).

I don’t understand why our side is trying to divide itself that way.

[Jim Scott]

If Jeb Bush is proposed, so Sarah Palin should be minutes later. She is now and always has been the singular Jacksonian voice in the original Tea Party phenomenon; the only one who can bring it to the mainstream. Her absence from the primary race has left a vacuum and no substitute has been found. Every other possible or potential leadership hopeful has risen and receded in this long Republican primary season.

Conservatives have wanted a brokered GOP convention just for this reason: to go head to head with the establishment/country club Republicans and, we assume, emerge victorious. This works for me.

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

Palin is the 900 lb gorilla not in the room.
I have been an advocate of Palin going 3rd party if Mitt is nominated. I believe she could win with 43% of the vote with R’money garnering 22% and Obama 35%. She pulls the Reagan Democrats and the independent anti-Obama crowd along with the tea party. Obama loses 7% of Clinton's 43% win as the Reagan democrats abandon him as do the independents.

Heck, Ross Perot got 19% as a nut case, all she has to get is 24% more, the numbers are there!

Pissed off patriots vote!

[cripplecreek]

A brokered convention will guarantee the GOP gets their choice and conservatives will be left out in the cold.

[Obadiah]

Jeb Bush?? Puh-leeze.

[DesertRhino]

NO Bushes,,, period.

[cotton1706]

What is with all this Jeb Bush crap?? For Heaven’s sake, there had been a Nixon, a Dole or a Bush on every presidential ticket (with one exception) from 1952 to 2004. Enough with the establishment nominees!

[Revolting cat!]

Another hero Bush!

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

She is now and always has been the singular Jacksonian voice in the original Tea Party phenomenon.

I think opinions on Ms. Palin likely break down between those who think "Jacksonian" is a compliment, and those who think it isn't.

[In Maryland]

I like Jeb Bush - but one of the overriding ideas of this election is for conservatives to take back the Republican party from the "elites". Whatever his personal qualifications, his family ties give the appearance of party "business as usual".

He would certainly galvanize the liberals - but so will Palin. Bring it on, I say! Sarah will galvanize the conservative base. I think this election may be a battle for the soul of America, and I want a REAL conservative to be one of the battlers.

[SpaceBar]

Funny how the beltway repubs periodically roll out Jeb Bush’s name as a not-so-veiled threat.

[Olympiad Fisherman]

Sarah Palin smartly reponded to the Jeb Bush nonsense by saying a brokered convention would not be a bad idea. If the Country Club Republicans try to put Jeb in charge, they will have to face Palin in the process - which will not be an easy thing to do. By that time, most conservative Republicans will probably be ready to coalesce around Palin for president, leaving Santorum and Newt behind. I am glad that she said what she said.

[Lady Heron]

Gov. Chris Christie

Is there nobody in the party that can sit down and take a look at the history of the party and tell me what the difference he will make???

North Eastern liberal rino is not going to get votes in the heartland or the Bible belt. Just the stupid party being stupid if they think that will work.

You want a blow out win then get your base excited with a conservative and watch the coattails.

[newgeezer]

A brokered convention: Jeb Bush vs. Sarah Palin

I've been pining for a brokered convention. But, if it's either of those two (Christie? He's just a catcher's Mitt), Obama wins term #2, bigtime.

[stockpirate]

If they ram Cristie or Jeb in to the nom. position I will stay home and NEVER vote for a republican again, ever.

[gdani]

All this talk about Palin being the eventual nominee via a brokered convention is nonsense. I think she made it quite clear she is not running in 2012.

[Marguerite]

If THIS is what is needed, and the voice of the people be damned, why not nullify the primaries, nullify the national election and auction the POTUS office on e-bay?

For shame.