Romney: Palin Candidacy ‘Would Be a Good Thing’

Public opinion polls show most Republicans think otherwise, but former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said he hopes Sarah Palin joins the 2012 presidential fray.

“I think it would be a good thing if she did,” Mr. Romney said in an interview with USA Today. “She would make the race that much more exciting, bring more people to watch the debates, and I hope she gets in.”

What Mr. Romney didn’t mention is that Ms. Palin’s entry into the race could siphon support from Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Recent national public opinion polls that included the former Alaska governor often show her in third place behind Messrs. Perry and Romney. That would also give the contest another candidate who has attacked Mr. Perry on his 2007 executive order that required young girls to receive a vaccine against a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.

Some 72% of GOP primary voters said they do not want Ms. Palin to run in a McClatchy-Marist poll release this week.

In other Palin news, her political action committee has sent out a fund-raising letter that says the former governor is “on the verge of making her decision...

RE :”The “conservatives” are doing a great job of tearing down one another and handing the nomination to Romney. It’s so stupid and it’s sickening. Most of them on this board are attacking Perry thinking a saving bimbo who can’t make up her mind, will enter the race. I am not crazy about Perry -but compared to Romney, he’s conservative......We are screwing ourselves good. We don’t need the Rinos to lift a finger.”

I understand your views. To me Perry is possibly acceptable to me in a general race against Obama because his positions on immigration scare the crap out of me. Romney is a non-starter to me, I wont support him in any way even if he is nominee. It is frustrating to see Perry attacked from both sides (RINO and conservative)

Look at it this way. Perry jumped to front-runner almost before jumping in officially. In any party primary vetting process the front-runner gets most of the heat. Hillary in 2007 is another example. So it is natural to try to bring Perry down a few pegs given he is front-runner, we don't want a nominee that later gives us lots of terrible surprises like the last R POTUS did. Those last 2-3 years were hell.

Best not to get too caught up on any personality. I know I wont again after you-know-who.

Perry is done , I will vote for Romney before Perry. When he's says that he thinks it good to give illegals free college and that the greatest country ever can't build a fence.

Perry is toast.

It's time for Palin to get in or Romney will be the next President.

It isn’t free..It is the rate all Texas high school graduates pay.

He is for a fence in some places..manpower and drones..The feds are not doing it for us..that’s for sure..
Zero rejected Gov Perry’s pleas for more help.

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