Am I the only one who found Todd Palin's
independent endorsement of Newt curious?
Sure would help answer a few questions lingering about, like 'Why isn't she endorsing?' while husband Todd was making that unusual, unexpected move.
It's hard not to think he did it for a reason, and the timing rouses the imagination... are they talking, or has something already been set in motion? Gingrich said back in December that he would definitely consider Palin as a running mate.
It's hard not to think he did it for a reason, and the timing rouses the imagination... are they talking, or has something already been set in motion? Gingrich said back in December that he would definitely consider Palin as a running mate.
Mr Palin's explanation for his wife's remaining on the sidelines went 'not decided on who's best suited to face Obama'...
like maybe somebody needs a 'Cuda on the ticket?
Can you imagine these two dynamos out on the campaign trail?
It is entirely possible Sarah would simply endorse Gingrich and campaign for him in the lead-up to Florida... a victory there would put Newt instantly out front in the delegate count.
Just look at the poll numbers as they stand now in Florida:
Romney 31.5%
Gingrich 25.0
Santorum 8.5
Paul 7.5
Perry 4.5
Huntsman 1.5
If Perry and Santorum packed-it-in after South Carolina, perhaps Palin could fill the void. Ron Paul is in it for Ron Paul, so don't expect any team effort from them... he's a Libertarian, not a Republican. But the residual TEA Party right could put this together down there...
Gingrich 38%
Romney 31.5
That's more like it!
The contrasts of Newt and Sarah -an odd couple on the surface- could find quite a bit of political synergy (Southeast/Northwest, Catholic/Evangelical, male/female, academic/blue collar). Note that both are self-described Reaganites with very similar political platforms, and have had only had nice things to say about each other for quite some time now.
Call it the Screw-the-Negatives Tour. But regardless of what jive and false bravado they may try to lay on you, the Obama White House would be horrified to face a Gingrich-Palin 2012 ticket,
as these two would be coming at them like Ninja warriors.
The dearth of energy and excitement among conservatives today owes directly to a feeling of doom... trapped by fate to be stuck with Romney, or perhaps even another four years of Obama.
Yet it doesn't have to be this way: the GOP's factions on the right (TEA Party/Evangelical Christians/right-to-lifers/libertarians/peace-through-strength Republicans) are what's keeping weak frontrunner Romney afloat. His support is tepid, and there's not all that much of it to begin with: alas, divisions that have emerged to the right of Mittens are are making it extremely difficult for conservatives to coalesce behind one single candidate/platform.
Might Palin be the one who could pull a critical mass together on the right wing of the GOP? She appears to be laying the groundwork already, as in her recent reach-out to Ron Paul supporters: we certainly need their ideas and votes... just don't want their guy as Commander-in-Chief, that's all. The Arctic Fox has also been praising the Santorum camp while making it plenty clear she doesn't think Romney's the way to go.
The 'excitement deficit' would certainly vanish with the advent of an electrifying Gingrich-Palin 2012 ticket, you know that. And if successful in unifying the Republican right, additional benefits would include heading-off the damaging Trump and/or Paul independent runs that a Romney nomination would all but guarantee.
Victory in November's general election would also mean wresting control of the GOP from the RINO Beltway establishment... completing a TEA Party's takeover of the Republican Party in this country. How sweet-it-is to contemplate a ticket we all could love without having to pretend.
Note to RNC: revenge is a dish best served cold! The day may soon be approaching when you will deeply regret the way you tried to destroy these two fine American patriots... because now they're going to squish your golden boy Romney like a bug.