DeMint: Give Palin Major Speaking Role at Convention

NewsMax ^ | July 20, 2012 | By NewsMax Wires

[Jim Robinson]

Powerful conservative Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., thinks former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin deserves a prime speaking position at the Republican convention.

"I'd love to see Sarah Palin have a big slot — as far as speaking — because there's no one still in America that excites the base of conservatives and even libertarians as she does,” he told Fox News Thursday.

“She can draw a crowd more than any other Republican, and I think has more influence in primaries than any other endorsement right now, so I think she'd be good."

[InterceptPoint]

I think it would be cool if Gov. Palin pulled a Kanye West, you know when Kanye took the award statue from Taylor Swift at the Grammy’s. When Mitt gets the nomination, just as he is about to speak, she should come up from behind, take the microphone and give the convention floor a piece of her mind.........

Reading your post, this just popped into my head. Some of you may recognize the source:

"For twelve years, you have been asking: Who is Sarah Palin? This is Sarah Palin speaking. I am ..."

[SatinDoll]

I really believe it is Gov.Romney himself who is blocking inclusion of Gov.Palin. For whatever reason, he detests her.

The political operatives inside the GOP understand how important it is to have all Republicans involved in a national election, even conservatives. We make up the majority of “feet on the ground”, working in communities to get out the vote.

Gov.Romney stubbornly refuses to give on this issue, which just goes to show he is a political neophyte, unable to unite his own party, and will be a dreadful President.

Romney must win the Presidency in a landslide so there is no question of American voter’s choice come this November.

[Jim Robinson]

Doubt she would say that. But I’m sure she would support the party’s presumptuous (yup, presumptuous) nominee after rousing the crowd and the nation with a truly conservative message setting herself up for 2016.

[cripplecreek]

Screw Romney. He was behind some of the nastiest attacks on Palin.

He’s a bottom feeder.

[SatinDoll]

Exactly. That is what REAL politicians do.

[upchuck]

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[The Cajun]

The GOP doesn’t have the balls to allow this conservative woman to speak.

Make or break moment for me with the GOP.
If they can't take what she dishes out, which is conservatism and how to
straighten out this country from the Marxist mess, they are done for in my book.

[Lib-Lickers 2]

I will also say it again that I agree with you on the nominating speech.. her speech would contrast the serious issues of the day between Obama’s left wingnut policies and Romney’s pro growth pro business policies.. nothing funny nothing cute and she walks away from there boosting Romney with Conservatives and establishing herself as a real player in future Presidential politics

[A'elian' nation]

“The convention is and will be a Romneyfest.”

And they will take us for granted again and expect us to fall in line. The sad thing is this time we really have to in order to save America from Marxism, Fascism, and Cult of the Leader.

Republicans be warned. This IS the last time you take us for granted.

[chicken head]

Sarah Palin will make Milt look tiny and boring, just like she did to mccain in 08..nobody cared about mcshame, the focus was on palin.. I would say Sarah’s speech at the RNC was the best EVER..

[2ndDivisionVet]

If Milt wants to win in 4 months, he’d better give her a significant role at the convention and in campaigning. ABO isn’t selling everybody like he thought it would. Guess we’ll see just how smart his people are.

[Tupelo]

Asking the Republican establishment to give Palin a prime speaking position is akin to the asking the Democrats to give Zell Miller a prime speaking position.

Weeeell maybe not. I think Democrats just might allow Zell a position before the Republicans would allow Palin.

[NonValueAdded]

She absolutely deserves it and will do a terrific job ... and therein lies the problem. The others will pale in the shadow of the candidate who should have been. (Unless, of course, she is on the ticket!!!)

[reasonisfaith]

The point of her speaking would be to promote conservatism.

Or, to put it simply: to promote conservatism.

[cripplecreek]

Republicans be warned. This IS the last time you take us for granted.

Unfortunately they know that we've been saying the same for years and they continue leftward because they know that conservatives will vote for them.

Just a couple of weeks ago I saw a pro Romney pundit chuckle when asked if Romney can get the votes he needs in the south. He said their choices are Romney and the democrats so they will vote for Romney no matter what he does.

The "moderates" are the true purists of the party and they will never vote conservative.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

I’d rather that she raised one finger to Romney...the middle one. :)

[Tupelo]

"Would it make Romney acceptable?" It might not make Ronney acceptable, but it might make the Republican Party acceptable.
Right now neither are acceptable to me. As things stand right now, I will be voting for one (1) Republican this year. Our Sheriff

[InterceptPoint]

Romney is smart enough to recognize the advantage of letting Sarah Palin speak at the convention. It would unite the party in a way that nothing else that I can think of would accomplish.

But I don’t think he will do it. I don’t think any of us actually knows that but a Sarah Palin speech seems unlikely at this point.

And the likely Romney political calculation is quite simple:

1) The MSM attacks on Governor Palin have worked to a large extent, at least with the left leaning GOP voters and many of the Independents. Whether we like it or not, the Palin Well has been poisoned.

2) Letting the former Alaska Governor speak will add some GOP votes, cost some GOP votes, add few if any Independent votes and cost perhaps many Independent votes.

Right now Romney calculates a net loss to his campaign. I don’t think it is anymore complicated than that. We might, with the help of Jim DeMint and others change his mind. I’m not hopeful but I don’t discount the possibility. If I was Romney I would ask for polls on the issue. Perhaps he already has.

[Atlantan]

Speaking of Zell Miller. He made a rare appearance recently.

http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2012/07/21/a-rare-word-from-zell-miller-i-had-a-late-life-conversion/

[Jim Scott]

As a conservative who dearly hoped that Sarah Palin would run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination and was very disappointed when she declined to do so, I still hope that she speaks at the convention. Romney is a narcissistic fool if he shuns Palin and blocks her from a major speaking role at Tampa Bay. Palin should be tapped to give the nominating speech and by doing so, she would 'energize the base' and make Romneys' nomination more palatable to conservatives.

Sarah Palin is a patriot and while I doubt that she is terribly enthusiastic about Mitt Romneys' nomination, she knows as well as we do that Obama must be defeated in November and will do all she can to make certain that happens. Should Romney do the unthinkable and keep Palin from a speaking role at the convention I can envision her making a rousing speech to 'get out the vote' at a venue outside the convention hall because, as a patriot and a classy lady, Sarah Palin would rise above Romney's pettiness and do what she could, not for Romney, but for America.