2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRomney/Palin 2012
It just occurred to me... By the time Romney wins this thing the far-Rush right will hate the guy. Who could possibly excite the loons behind a Romney candidacy??
As a personal comment let me add, lol.
pkdu
(3,977 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)themaguffin
(5,415 posts)not that they have to. Reagan and Bush were hardly friendly, but neither of them were such media whores as Palin or would be such a political loose cannon.
JustAnotherGen
(38,109 posts)asking Christie or the Governor from VA to run with him . . . I can't see Sarah Palin.
Look - he may very well be the real life Thurston Howell - I don't agree with his political philosophy but . . .
* He's not dumb
* He's not ignorant
* He's well traveled
* He's articulate and polished
I think he'd anally rend and torture himself with a hot fireplace poker before he would select that silly twit from Alaskastan.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)(The republican base)
Bruce Wayne
(692 posts)Obama & Clinton could put aside their differences in 2009. Republicans hold grudges too long to play kiss and make up at their convention.
JustAnotherGen
(38,109 posts)Or even Ron Paul.
I think he's smart enough to know that Palin kills him.
DavidDvorkin
(20,684 posts)Bruce Wayne
(692 posts)in which case, getting to 2nd place is rather optimistic.
DavidDvorkin
(20,684 posts)FSogol
(47,665 posts)
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