From Newsweek, via Daily Beast
What galls the Tea Party activists is the sense that Romney represents a lost opportunity for their agenda of less government, flatter taxes, and constitutional restraint. Facing a vulnerable president saddled with a bad economy and a crisis in the public sector, they feel stuck with a guy served up by Republican elites who speaks conservatism with an establishment accent. Worse, in this view, Romney seems incapable, or unwilling, to even defend himself, as the Obama campaign machine highlights his offshore bank accounts and his career at Bain Capital.
. . . “Romney’s just not a fighter,” says Jenny Beth Martin, head of the Tea Party Patriots, the largest of the activist groups. “That’s why it would be good for him to have someone like Palin speaking at the convention. He needs to do something to rile up his base, to make them enthusiastic. And I don’t mean just the Tea Party. I mean die-hard Republicans. I live in the second-most-Republican county in the state of Georgia, and the folks around here are not enthusiastic about him.”
Palin would certainly light up the base at the convention—her 2008 vice-presidential acceptance speech was, in terms of partisan enthusiasm, the high-water mark of the McCain campaign—but a jolt of Palin at Romney’s convention seems most unlikely. The Romney campaign prides itself on a slavish adherence to script, and Palin cannot be trusted to avoid the impulse to go rogue. That is why, perhaps, the Romney campaign has not asked Palin to speak at the convention nor contacted her about even attending the party’s marquee event in Tampa. Queries to the Romney camp about any possible Palin role at the convention meet with a stony silence...
. . . (page 3) “Romney has said before that he doesn’t want to have to light his hair on fire,” Palin said on Fox last week. “Well, there are a lot of his base supporters, independents, who are saying, ‘Well, light our hair on fire, then!’”
MITT ROMNEY'S VP LIST LEAKED: 1) Sarah Palin 2) Chuck Norris 3) Ted Nugent 4) Ghost of Ronald Reagan 5) Board of Directors at JP Morgan
— The DM Reporter(@DMReporter) July 13, 2012
If you're into fantasy but can't make it to #ComicCon, there's always the Republican Convention.
— Andy Borowitz (@BorowitzReport) July 12, 2012
The prospect of Caribou Barbie not getting a speaking slot at the Republican Convention amuses me immensely thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/…
— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) July 16, 2012
Mitt said that he's pretty sure Palin can see the Republican Convention in Tampa from her porch. #noinvite #gretawillhavetobringherasplusone
— Steve Weinstein (@steveweinstein) July 16, 2012
Can we #retroactively undo the whole Sarah Palin thing?And the tea party?
— Denise Ingram (@leclemot) July 15, 2012
BREAKING:John McCain #retroactively picks anyone but Sarah Palin for 2008 VP nomination
— Crutnacker (@Crutnacker) July 16, 2012
Sarah Palin announces #retroactively on FOX News that She is Now the GOP presidential candidate, and always Was.
— Micheal Stinson (@Symbolman) July 15, 2012
Paul Revere #retroactively rang bells and warned the British that one day, America would inflict Sarah Palin on the world.
— Danielle Blake (@DCPlod) July 15, 2012
@KagroX Sarah Palin has read ALL the newspapers. Retroactively.
— Zandt (@calonyction) July 15, 2012
I'm sorry there's going to be a brokered convention, and Sarah Palin will replace you as 2012 Republican nominee. #ApologiesToMittRomney
— Yortal N (@yortalnahtano) July 14, 2012
Earth To Romney: What The Hell Are You Thinking? bit.ly/OxtoEd #tcot #palin
— Palin4America (@Palin4A) July 16, 2012
Sarah Palin says Romney should light his hair on fire. She lit McCain's whole campaign on fire & look where it got her!
— Indecision (@indecision) July 11, 2012
Media often says, "Obama" instead of "President Obama," yet call Circus Freak Sarah "Governor Palin" as if she never quit the job. #irksome
— Greg Robertson (@RobertsonHere) July 8, 2012
@MittRomney is not going to be President. He is too stupid! thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/…
— ThePalinRevolution (@PalinRevolution) July 15, 2012
One #Romney adviser suggests #Palin's FoxNews contract would prohibit her from speaking at RNC. It's just not true. bit.ly/Nb1yDl
— RedBrightandTrue (@RedBrightandTru) July 15, 2012
Sarah Palin won't endorse Mitt Romney, or even mention his name, but she (and her followers) are surprised at no invite to Tampa?
— G. Beard (@PalinCellulite) July 15, 2012
@sohali2012 Why is it mandatory to invite her? Not like she's queen of the Republican party or something.
— Melissa E. (@DreadfulPenny81) July 16, 2012
I'll choose Palin in a Brokered Convention! Romney walking on thin ice with us!
— Tammy_Buchanan (@4TheTruthNow) July 7, 2012
Brokered convention???? | Mittastrophe: Mitt Romney Lied His Face Off About Bain Capital j.mp/P3ocfU via @angryblacklady #p2 #tfy
— ExtremeLiberal (Jim) (@ExtremeLiberal) July 12, 2012
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