Morning peeps,
Warning** grumpy alert! I am not responsible for this post as I am still grumping and grouching. I reserve the right to change my mind on whatever I write.
Well call it my down day but I just don’t see the point in politics right now. Last night was for the birds and now I am in a fowl mood… I am also in need of a vacation and a latte.
What I have learned these past 3 years is that no matter how much we try to change the rules of the game and rage against the machine, it is pointless. He who has the most money wins and America is full of stupid people who believe 100% of what they see on TV and in headlines.
Given that formula, Palin would never have a chance. We are stuck with Romney as the nominee and there is nothing we can do. Even if Palin gets in, he would go scorched earth on her with lies and she wouldn’t have the money to compete nor would she have the media on her side to help correct the record. I think Palin knew this back in October. Once a bell is rung, even if it is a lie, it is near impossible to un-ring it. There is so much of her record that has never been corrected and for many there is still confusion about what is true and what isn’t. My how Romney would have muddled the waters even more. All Schweizer’s research on his book fell on deaf ears, all the digging bloggers have done on records has been in vain, all of Palin’s speeches and Facebook posts have only been a tiny ripple. People just don’t seem to care. They would rather nurse personal, petty grievances against candidates than look at the math. Conservatives will never restore America when they can’t agree on the big picture. It is like herding cats. The establishment knows this and counts on it.
Palin has mentioned money in so many interviews as a major concern and she did last night too. Last night’s victory by Romney was ALL about Romney, his money and the establishment, and I don’t see Palin jumping at this point. I see her looking at things with a keen slant toward realism. She knows that no matter how much money she raises, it won’t be as much as Romney and Rove’s Crossroads. The primaries are now picking up the pace with multiple states voting on the same day. This means more money is necessary because the candidates won’t have the luxury to work a single state like they have in the past. This gives Romney the advantage. He can saturate multiple markets with TV ads and make fewer stump speeches. That all takes money. Last night proved that he who has the most money wins…
One thing that Gov. Palin needs to be cautious of is underestimating the level of frustration among conservative rank and file. I saw twitter light up last night with comments from good, solid conservatives that fall in the category of people who like Palin and take Palin at her word that she isn’t running. This would be 95% of conservatives. Since they have no expectation of her getting in at any point, the frustration level I started to see with her by them is concerning. Some wonder why she is so scared to make a decisive decision, others are complaining about the state by state endorsements, and I saw a few say that she needed to either S*%# or get off the pot. Others were saying she either needs to lead, follow or get out of the way. Others still were angry that she says to use our votes to even the field when the point of the primary is to find a winner not spread the love. Some wonder what exactly she is wanting to be revealed presumably about Romney and why not just put it out there instead of all this.
Now before people complain about the general conservative electorate, Gov. Palin would need these people if she were to run. These people matter. They like her. They WANT her to lead. They are frustrated that she seems in a few tweeter’s words “fence riding”. They understand her power and influence and they want to see her stake her claim, draw the line and get out and campaign for the conservative of her choice. There is no reason to criticize these people.
I hope her strategy doesn’t backfire. Honestly, I want her to jump in and run. That is what I want but IF she really isn’t going to get in then I just don’t understand what she is doing. IF she is choosing to sit this one out then why not just endorse someone and campaign for them? Why not just throw down the gauntlet against the establishment/Romney and lead the charge?
Yet, IF she is hoping for a brokered convention, she needs to give fewer interviews so that she doesn’t alienate people who might view her as tampering with the system instead of being in the fire and taking the heat like the others. She is showing her hand a bit too much by talking about evening the field if her goal is a brokered convention. How is she going to get around the establishment with a brokered convention? They will have even more power and influence during the brokering process.
And again she gave Newt a one state endorsement in Nevada which caucus this coming Saturday. My state votes next Tuesday in a caucus and unless she tells me to vote Newt in CO, I am writing her name in.
The other day I posted about what I had heard back in October about one of the possible reasons Gov. Palin may not have chosen to run. I do not think it is the only reason and I also think the establishment has probably put up other blocks too. They don’t take chances on losing their power.
Most were shocked and appalled at the idea but I want to express that I do think that there are always people to hire. People who want to make a buck, people with grudges against the establishment etc. BUT that doesn’t mean those people are trustworthy or extraordinarily competent. I also want to express that this type of maneuvering by the establishment is nothing new and not unique to Gov. Palin. I’m not sure that anyone other than Reagan ever experienced the full force of such pressure, but the techniques are not new. When Palin talks of lack of organization, I think National campaign staff. I do not think grassroots activists. She knows she has our support. Again, I’m not saying this is what happened. I am just passing along what I heard as was one reason for her decision. For those that are skeptical please read this article.
The key portion is the last two paragraphs:
“We are not at Defcon 5 yet, but we’ll see what happens in Florida,” said another one of the worried GOP strategists.
If Gingrich does win, veteran GOP strategists tell CNN to expect pressure on Senate Minority Leaders Mitch McConnell, House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican leaders to call key GOP donors and ask them not to contribute to Gingrich’s campaign.
They are vicious against Newt but they would have been worse on Palin. Defcon 5 for Newt is likely their Defcon 1 for Palin…
Yesterday, I was asked what my main reasons are for not supporting Santorum (not all, just the main ones). Well, he is a big government Republican. He is not a conservative. He is only socially conservative not fiscally. However, my main reasons are that he has dissed the Tea Party on more than one occasion but on video here where he clearly doesn’t understand what this great country is about and when Palin stepped down as Governor, he hid behind his wife and said this about Gov. Palin, “it looks like, you know, she couldn’t take it, and that’s not a good thing for women.” Gov. Palin not being able to “take it” had nothing to do with her stepping down. He also had staff that suggested “women are not fit to lead” and Santorum refused to denounce what the staffer said and apologize to Bachmann for it and to this day, he has not. I know Palin would never get away with staying silent when a staffer said something like that. If Palin had refused, people would assume its because she supported the statement. I just don’t like his holier than thou attitude and the fact that his supporters act as if Rick is holier than thou. I didn’t like his lecturing about mudslinging last night and how he has not participated in any negative campaigning all while he is running a dishonest, mudslinging ad about Newt on TV AND radio in Nevada. He spent most of his time trashing Newt but yet denouncing the trashings … hypocrite … Between Rick and Mitt, where does a Tea Party conservative go? Both of them show disdain for us.
But, I don’t think he is a horrible person and I think he is a generally likeable person but the math is the math and I don’t like being told how conservative he is or honest he is when he is just as dishonest as the rest of them and not remotely conservative beyond social issues. Rick had the debate of his life and he lost miserably last night. That should tell everyone something.
I also believe that when Santorum drops out now or 6 months from now, he will endorse Romney. He isn’t interested in my vote. He isn’t interested in getting Newt’s voter block or he would be nicer. He doesn’t have anything to do with the Tea Party groups. He can’t take one for the conservative team when he isn’t really on our team. Nevada should not be a strong Newt state. It will be a strong Paul and Romney state and yet Rick would rather attack Newt than Romney or Paul. I find that interesting …
Yesterday’s Headlines:
More Game Change… sit down for this one…
Isn’t this cute…
Shoot for the moon?
LOVE the last paragraph of this article…
What the hell is wrong with these people? Who does this stuff?
Open letter to Romney from Hispanic leaders…
Yes, I do think they will take issue with this…
He has a point… as Gov. Palin said it is what we replace them with that matters…
She makes a very good point… the silence is deafening… However, a special needs child is very different than a terminally ill child.
Yes, yes, yes! He gets it…
Politijim takes on Malkin for her bias and double standard. This is interesting reading…
He is now, is he?
not so fast Romney… West will just run in another district…
Flashback: Romney pleased with TARP…
$51 million dollars…
Yuk… who wants to go inside there…
just like they would have Palin…
Hmmmm….
Reality sets in for SarahPac…. the math is the math… she does talk about the money being raised a lot.
Finally, they end funding…
He gets it…
So is this part of his inevitability meme? cause Newt’s crowds are still bigger than Romney’s.
and now the media pivot to the general election with this stuff…
Latest Nevada polling…
Mr. I’m not slinging any mud released this and this last night as he lectured on not slinging mud… problem is Newt never supported Cap and Trade. Here he is testifying against it. He also slammed TARP and said it was set for corruption and he hoped it was defeated. He did say he would reluctantly vote yes because the White House wasn’t giving them a choice but he spoke out against TARP itself. Funny how Santorum thinks its OK for him to sling mud and lies but not anyone else…
Gov. Palin last night:
Hopefully, my grumpiness subsides. I guess we will see… What is everyone else thinking? I am in desperate need of different points of view…
Have a good day all!
