Posted on 08/13/2012 6:29:41 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
If one of Mitt Romney's goals in choosing a running mate was to mine the same mother lode of conservative excitement that John McCain tapped by picking Sarah Palin four years ago, there's one additional dilemma for Romney to address: Palin is still around.
A day after Romney unveiled House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential pick, Palin suggested in a statement posted by her Fox News colleague Greta Van Susteren that she would not speak at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa.
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For this reason, it was notable when she initially offered only a lukewarm reaction to Romney’s selection of Ryan.
On Saturday night, the former Alaska governor posted on her Facebook page a statement that clocked in at over 1,100 words, in which she attacked President Obama’s policies and compared the nation’s fiscal mess to California’s, but offered only cursory congratulations to Romney for choosing Ryan and declining to praise specifically any of the Wisconsin congressman’s attributes as a running mate.
The following morning, two Republican sources with knowledge of discussions between the Palin and Romney camps told RCP that Palin would not attend the convention after not receiving an invitation to speak in prime time.
“They’ve got Ryan now, so they think they’ve got the Tea Party covered,” one of the sources said.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Indeed.
No, Sarah has spoken out about this already.
Can’t we take people at their word??
The GOP-E mantra: “They don’t have anywhere else to go.”
It should be VERY CLEAR by now that Romney is not going to give the Dems any easy targets - he’s forcing the Dems to pull things out of thin air to use against him.
And, at least to me, this makes perfect sense. Romney’s a show-in if he campaigns hard - Obama has NOTHING to run on, and needs to scare the people into voting against Romney - and Romney will not do Obama any favors in that area.
We need to keep our eye on the ball to win.
Above words are from Real Clear Politics, and I'd say that the writer is wrong. Sarah's plans for being there are old news ... and she will be there.
The frustration people feel is enormous. Yes, we are between a rock and a hard spot, so we better strengthen the House and Senate.
Exactly and Palin knows this. She’s a lightning rod. She’s really all the more terrific for bowing out and still working to win.
Scott Conroy is the journalist who’s closest to the Palins-—he’s signaling what’s going on behind the scenes. And he’s generally right.
From the article:
Palin would not attend the convention after not receiving an invitation to speak in prime time.
““They’ve got Ryan now, so they think they’ve got the Tea Party covered,” one of the sources said”
One big problem with this Ryan isn’t Gov. Palin.
Oh by the way as I’ve said before I have no interest watching this clown show called a convention.
If the national GOP leadership fails to extend to Sarah Palin a warm invitation to speak at the convention, it will be incredibly foolish.
So foolish, in fact, that it will give the lamestream media an enormous golden opportunity to portray just such a rift and run with the story.
Is this how the GOPe thinks it can attract TEA partiers who may be somewhat reticent about voting for a bocialist like Romney?
OMG, surely the GOP isn't this dense...
If the national GOP leadership fails to extend to Sarah Palin a warm invitation to speak at the convention, it will be incredibly foolish.
So foolish, in fact, that it will give the lamestream media an enormous golden opportunity to portray just such a rift and run with the story.
Is this how the GOPe thinks it can attract TEA partiers who may be somewhat reticent about voting for a bocialist like Romney?
OMG, surely the GOP isn't this dense...
While I respect her , she’ll never be VP or POTUS . Just the way it is .
Well we should have her back now. Instead of accepting the decision of the GOP not to invite her, we can send a strong message to the RNC via e-mails. NO SARAH AT THE CONVENTION, NO VOTE FOR ROMNEY. If enough of us send that message it might change their mind.
Ryan isn’t exactly Tea Party since he voted for the bailouts.
I think I’ll pass on watching the Convention. A RINOfest isn’t what I want to watch.
Send a message to the RNC. No Sarah at the convention, no vote for Romney/Ryan. (you don’t have to really mean it, but if enough of us do this it could change things).
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