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To: Paul Smith who wrote (491847)	6/20/2012 4:42:42 PM
From: DMaA	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793841

I don't care about Palin. You should be concerned Romney people picking stupid unnecessary fights with her and her supporters.

To: Paul Smith who wrote (491847)	6/21/2012 7:31:43 AM
From: MJ	9 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793841

This is nonsense. Palin is a coalition builder who will have major impact on the 2012 election if not via herself in public comment via the people who supported her in 2008 in a last minute campaign for VP with Senator John McCain. This is a woman who is a Reaganesque type American------Reagan brought in the 'silent majority' to win in 1980. Sarah Palin will be doing the same in 2012 in support of the Republican Nominees along with the people throughout the USA that have been silent throughout Obama's reign. We need that silent majority active and voting in 2012 . After writing the above I went back to the origin of this discussion: Informal advisors usually have a personal agenda separate from the candidate . An article by Michael O'Brien on MSNBC's First Read this morning quotes an "informal" advisor to Mitt Romney's campaign as saying that the presidential candidate is not likely to choose a woman as his running mate because Sarah Palin "poisoned the well" for women, with the possible exception of New Hampshire freshman Sen. Kelly Ayotte: "I think, unfortunately, Palin poisoned the well on that," said one informal Romney adviser, fretting that any woman selected as VP would draw inevitable comparisons to the former Alaska governor. "I would guess if I were inside the Romney mind that they're worried that any woman chosen will be subjected to a higher level of scrutiny."