Mitt Romney aides behind Palin "Diva" trash-talk

[gatorboy]

http://spectator.org/archives/2008/10/27/post-defeat-planners

Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers, some of whom are currently working for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for the White House, have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election. "Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012," says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin. "The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney. He's in charge on November 5th."

Romney has kept a low profile nationally since being denied the vice presidential nomination. He is currently traveling for the National Republican Congressional Committee in support of some House members, and has attended events for a handful of other House members who have sought his support, but he has traveled little for the McCain-Palin ticket. "He said the only time he'd travel for us is if we assured him that national cameras would be there," says a McCain campaign communications aide. "He's traveled to Nevada and a couple other states for us. That's about it."

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Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a "diva" and was going off message intentionally. The former and current Romney supporters further are pushing Romney supporters for key Republican jobs, including head of the Republican National Committee.

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This is getting good!

[writes3000]

1. I love it, I love it! C'mon Pawlenty! Fight for what's yours! nt

[jakem]

2. what a smarmy back stabber!

:rofl:

[roguevalley]

29. Mitt Romney will always be a Mormon and for some people on the other side

that matters. They will never accept leadership from a person who is part of a 'cult'.

[Whalestoe]

31. Isn't Republicanism in general the sickest cult of them all?

[roguevalley]

35. I have to agree.

[yardwork]

3. The rats are really back-biting now!

[WI_DEM]

4. Mittens is thinking ahead to 2012 and believes Palin may be his chief rival for

the nomination. He isn't even waiting until the body is cold.

[Alter Ego]

5. I'm laughing fit to burst.

Romney is actively sabotaging McCain's presidential campaign. It's delicious. Brilliant.

[Overseas]

6. K&R to highlight GOP unity

and how much they support their stiletto wearing fundamentalist VP nominee.

[thewiseguy]

7. I love where this is going.

:popcorn:

[DeepBlueDem]

8. check this video out..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqrVfvXgJuQ

[frickaline]

9. Yikes! I just hate all the violence on tv these days.

[SuperTrouper]

10. Hey Kay Bayley Hutchison, why don't you stick a lipstick on the Pig's eye?

Pass the popcorn :popcorn:

[HeraldSquare212]

11. I don't think Romney's got much of a shot in 2012,

and esp. against Palin. I think everyone recognizes she has energized the Republican base in a way that Romney never could.

[backscatter712]

12. Nice to see a Rethug planning for 2012...

:popcorn:

[SurfingAtWork]

13. This makes sense. Mittens fancied himself the hier apparent

To be the leader of the repubs, after the McCain campaign goes down in flames. Now Palin is on the scene, and she just threw a big monkey wrench in those plans.

[KittyWampus]

20. Well, like him or not, Mitt Romney is a professional who probably did hire capable aides.

Never mind ideology. Romney would more than likely appreciate SOME level of competence.

[Beaverhausen]

14. Oh yes! Bring it on Romney

:rofl: The GOP is in the toilet!

[npincus]

15. LOL- he's going for 2012 already!

:rofl:

Good! Let the slime-fest begin! :rofl:

[nichomachus]

16. Just what we need -- a Mormon

The Mormons have poured $10 million into CA in an effort to write discrimination - and Mormon theology -- into the state's constitution. What we don't need is a guy in the White House who is a front man for the hierarchy of the Mormon church.

[kestrel91316]

23. I think it's the ultimate irony that the Mormon church, which pays lip service

to its "ban" on polygamy, is trying to codify one man/one woman as the only type of marriage. Laughable, actually.

[Peacetrain]

17. LOVING THAT!

:popcorn:

[NatBurner]

18. excellent...

i feel guilty for enjoying this so much

[RedLetterRev]

21. Me, not so much

:popcorn:

[npincus]

19. ha ha ha... sent link to Drudge... Love GOP warfare....

[Jennicut]

22. Mittens vs Mooselady 2012!

Gotta love it

[Renew Deal]

24. 2 bullshit artists

1 election!

[Omnibus]

25. Cage match! Cage match!!

Tonight on Spike TV! A no holds barred Ultimate Republican Fighting Championship

GRUDGE MATCH!!!!


Two egomaniacal wingnuts enter--

--NO ONE LEAVES!


Brought to you by the Huckabee '012 exploratory committee!

[Doityourself]

26. Ha Ha..priceless!

[supernova]

27. Oh Diva fight!

:popcorn:

Who's the bigger Diva? Romney "gotta have cameras on me 24/7" or Palin?

Hrmmmm. :dilemma:

[lurky]

28. And the 2012 primary battle begins!

I guess Obama is now a foregone conclusion even among McCain's staff...

I just love it when they eat their own. :evilgrin:

[juno jones]

30. If they enjoyed the disunity of the dem party earlier this year

Well, we gotta LOVE the backstabbing, spitting, and circular firing squad that they are now experienceing in their own ranks.

[Skidmore]

32. Until Palin, it was conventional wisdom that Mitt was next in line

because he fell on his sword in the primaries and started chatting up McCain afterward. Mitt and his army are making sure their territory is being well marked. I mean...after all...he invested a lot of cash in that venture and it damned well better pay off.

[TwilightGardener]

33. That's bull--just the GOP trying to explain away the campaign tensions between

McLoon and End Times Barbie.

[Two Sheds]

34. This is just too good

It doesn't matter who has McCain's political blood on their hands, he's old news. But if Romney is seen to have backstabbed Palin, that will start him off badly with the fundie base. Palin is more than capable of running a campaign just to "get" Romney.
My guess is that Romney knows a couple of things. First, Obama will be elected. Second, Jeb Bush will be the GOP's man in 2016. No other GOPer will be able to raise serious $. His only shot at the White House will be to take a shot at Obama in 2012.

[Disturbed]

37. Jeb/Mitt-2012

That's the dream ticket for the Bush Crime Family.

[Two Sheds]

41. I don't see Jeb going after an incumbent President

If Obama has solid to good approval ratings, he'll be a beast to deal with. He'll have incumbency on his side, and no one, not even a Bush, raises money like BO. I don't see Jeb taking the risk of losing an election when Obama will not be on the ticket in 2016. Besides, 2012 is too close to the end of his fuckup brother's Presidency. W will still be a bad "word" four years from now.

[K Gardner]

36. Meowwwww....

[beachmom]

38. I wouldn't trust the American Spectator further than I could throw them.

Sounds like they are trying to undermine Romney for '12, but we really don't know if what they are saying is true. Still, interesting how the GOP is tearing itself apart.

[TexasObserver]

39. there's nothing like a good fist fight at a wedding reception

[mitchum]

40. Battle Of The Tanning Beds!

[tanyev]

42. Palin/Romney 2012 The Barbie/Ken ticket!