[Leaning Right]

She could have sank Romney early on by getting behind a candidate and campaigning

Yep. Instead Palin just sat on the sidelines and watched as Newt, Rick, etc. split the conservative vote. She watched as Romney took state after state.

Her support would have made a difference. Be she chose not to get in the fray. The irony is that she is now criticizing the fighting instincts of others.

I'm sure I'll take some hits for saying this. But one reason (out of many) why we're stuck with Romney is that Palin did not act when the conservative cause really needed her.

I will now retreat to my bunker.

[muawiyah]

Again, the Conservatives didn't split the vote ~ they got the votes.

The other dozen non-Conservatives split the vote.

[Sea Parrot]

“I’m sure I’ll take some hits for saying this. But one reason (out of many) why we’re stuck with Romney is that Palin did not act when the conservative cause really needed her.”

Not to worry, you are doing fine job of self flagellation.

[section9]

I'm sure I'll take some hits for saying this. But one reason (out of many) why we're stuck with Romney is that Palin did not act when the conservative cause really needed her.

This is partially bollocks, and partially true.

Palin was going to run, and she would have been Goldwatered by the same Establishment that torpedoed Barry in 1964. As it was, the two flawed candidates who ran, Santorum and Gingrich, ran comical campaigns that both got dusted by Romney's money and firebombing. They were never serious opponents of Romney.

Palin also made the conclusion that the GOP was not as of yet a serious instrument of conservative reform. There was a tepid reaction to her Indianola Reform Speech, which will be seen as an important step in the dismantling of the Crony State Capitalist regime in the future history of this country. The Paultards have not quite matured enough to become a force in their own right in the Party, and the Reagan Wing of the Party, which she leads, is still too weak and disorganized, to challenge the Bush/Establishment wing of the Party.

I suspect though that she has something planned for the Convention. What I do not know. She wants Obama out in the worst way and is planning her own downticket campaign on her own principles. She won't let Romney or his people control her for one nanosecond. It's Palin's conviction that the Establishment GOP doesn't have the wherewithal in them to fight, although the Romney people would argue that the focus of the fight should remain on the economy.

So we'll see how this plays out. There may be an unwritten agreement between the Romney people and Palin that allows Romney's ticket to take the economic high road and Palin to do her own thing and hit O'Jesus in the gut with the Reverend Wright stuff. You all would be surprised at how much these people communicate with each other.

Best,

Chris

[Resettozero]

Last October 5th, I felt as you do. But I’ve changed my mind and feel that time will vindicate her decision not to seek the 2012 Republican nomination through the primary process. It may be years, if ever, before we learn which of the threats against her family made her back away from running.

[Liberty Valance]

"Yep. Instead Palin just sat on the sidelines and watched as Newt, Rick, etc. split the conservative vote. She watched as Romney took state after state."

You left out Perry, Huntsman, Caine and McCotter...

*It's All Palin's Fault*