2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNo Tampa invite yet for Palin
Newsweek's Peter Boyer, who has been keeping his eye on Sarah Palin's activities for a while now, learns that the former Alaska governor is currently without a role at the 2012 GOP convention:
Palin would certainly light up the base at the conventionher 2008 vice-presidential acceptance speech was, in terms of partisan enthusiasm, the high-water mark of the McCain campaignbut a jolt of Palin at Romneys 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 partys marquee event in Tampa. Queries to the Romney camp about any possible Palin role at the convention meet with a stony silence. Palin does not seem surprised. What can I say? she responded in an email from Alaska, when asked by Newsweek about the convention, just before heading to Michigan to deliver an Obama-thumping speech. Im sure Im not the only one accepting consequences for calling out both sides of the aisle for spending too much money, putting us on the road to bankruptcy, and engaging in crony capitalism.
"In accepting those consequences, she added, one must remember this isnt Sadie Hawkins and you dont invite yourself and a date to the Big Dance.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/07/no-tampa-invite-yet-for-palin-128996.html
tblue
(16,350 posts)But at 4 am with no press around. Just an idea.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)And W too. In primetime.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)But they can't be the centerpieces of the convention, so it's not going to happen.
Still, you know she's got to be livid that they haven't even given her the opportunity to turn it down.
tanyev
(42,566 posts)posted at 9:22 pm on April 11, 2012 by Allahpundit
The political action committee for the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate plunked down $4,500 to reserve space at Channelside Bay Plaza for the big political event.
The expense was listed in required filings submitted Wednesday to the Federal Election Commission.
Its unclear what, if any, official role Palin will have at the Aug. 27-30 convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/04/11/palins-pac-reserves-space-in-tampa-during-republican-convention/