Posted on 03/12/2012 10:45:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On the tail of Game Change‘s premiere on HBO, former McCain/Palin adviser Nicolle Wallace, prominently featured in the film, visited Rachel Maddow tonight to expand upon the lessons of the 2008 campaign, and made clear that she felt fairly guilty about working to make someone “fundamentally unprepared and unsuited for the job” the Vice President of the United States.
Wallace noted that she was still in shock as to “how close we came to having somebody a heartbeat away from the presidency so fundamentally unprepared and unsuited for the job,” adding that, while she thought tossing around the term “PTSD” lightly was disrespectful, for a staffer, it was “the most traumatic experience to realize that they were working on behalf of somebody who– it’s an open question whether she is fit to serve, I certainly don’t think she was.”
Maddow noted that the film itself seemed to be changing the Washington narrative about Palin to be “that the choice of Palin was a disaster– I don’t think that was the consensus before,” which led Wallace to address the criticism of her and other staffers as “turncoats” for divulging the secrets of the campaign. “When loyalty and honesty collide,” she argued, she sided with honesty, particular given “how fundamentally off-base” it was “to pick someone who we knew nothing about.”
Ultimately, Wallace argued, the impact Palin had on campaigns would be felt in both parties for a long time: “both parties will forever avoid a Palin choice… she changed the equation forever.” She added she could see the conversations impacted by her for any possible appointments, since there are “very few opportunities in politics to reshuffle the deck,” but few have ended in such failure.
The segment via Fox News below:
(VIDEO AT LINK)
Since there is NOT a Reaganesque candidate at this time, I’m looking at Gingrich in the Primary. I’m not sure Santorum is any different than Romney with respect to being a true Conservative. But, of the three, Gingrich and Santorum would be my selections in that order. I also pray Romney falters.
I’m starting to wonder if this woman hates Palin, because she had an eye for Todd or something. Strikes me as a jealous cat.
Something’s up, that’s for sure!!
I know that, I just wonder who she would have advised as a better VP candidate for that race.
Well, seeing as she appears to be a liberal in sheeps clothing, I’d guess she wouldn’t be interested in viable candidates for the GOP, for either POTUS or VP.
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