Posted on 08/31/2011 1:26:40 PM PDT by Hawk720
After a dizzying day that saw members of her inner circle threaten to pull Sarah Palin's participation in a rally Saturday in Indianola, Iowa, a source close to Palin confirmed to RCP that the former Alaska governor will in fact attend the Tea Party of America event, as scheduled.
"We had some long discussions with the organizers; we talked about our concerns and worked them out, and they stepped up their game today," the Palin source said.
Two sources close to the former vice presidential candidate had told RCP earlier Wednesday that Palin’s involvement in the rally was “on hold,” due to concerns over how the hosts were handling what has been billed as a major event.
“The primary concern of the governor is the people that are coming to this event,” one source had said. “The planners are an issue that’s gotten in the way.”
The organizers caused a stir over the last couple of days when they first announced that former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell had accepted their invitation to speak at the event before Palin. They then disinvited O’Donnell before re-inviting her to do so.
After Palin’s associates made it known that Palin was reconsidering her participation, the organizers once again disinvited O’Donnell.
An O’Donnell aide told RCP that the former GOP candidate for senator in Delaware had texted Palin to ask about the rapidly developing situation but had not received a response.
While it is clear that O’Donnell’s proposed speaking slot was not acceptable to Palin’s camp, the Palin aide denied that anyone on the Palin team had explicitly demanded that O’Donnell be removed from the speaker’s list.
Palin’s concern arose, the aide said, when an O’Donnell aide suggested to event organizers that Palin wanted the Delawarean to share the stage with her.
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That is the perception. Sarah’s endorsement was of her promise not of her performance.
Well, in all fairness even professionals screw stuff up and anything involving Sarah is under an Electron Microscope. Better to get the mistakes out in the preliminaries than the Big Time. Hopefully people are moving down the learning curve.
Well you must admit we are consistent.
Seems to me like you posted this just to post something anti-palin. What would you suggest my response should be?
>> “If that happened it was before Perry announced.” <<
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It was a week ago.
Perry was prominantly mentioned in the interview.
Ditto. If you want to be successful, rule #1, don’t hang out with proven losers.
>> “ Seems a bit like SP wants to dictate who speaks, where and when. Her act is wearing thin.” <<
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Palin is the top dog in this election season. She has the power to dictate the layout because she is the reason for it.
Why do you think Rupert Murdoch is willing to pay her millions to do a few short comments here and there? Do you think he likes her? He hates her guts, but she makes him money by just being on his network.
Same for these “tea party” orgs. They advance their own image by being able to feature her at their rally.
>> “I’m bummed I’m going to be out of town and away from the internet when she gives this speech.” <<
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Same here. - I’ll be up at the ranch where there’s no phone, no internet, doing maintenance.
That’s life. - Neither you nor I are able to do anything to change the course anyway.
Classic Marxist Saul Alinksy divide and conquer. And a lot of conservatives go along with the circular firing squad.
“Seems to me like you posted this just to post something anti-palin. What would you suggest my response should be?”
It’s not anti Palin, but other than the true die hards, her lack of decision is wearing thin and may come too late. I myself would support her, but at this late stage, (it used to not be this way) she could possibly hurt herself and others in their chances of being effective come campaign time.
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