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Palin 2012 'Catastrophic' for GOP: McCain Insider

Ex-gov has no centrist appeal: strategist

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(Newser) – If Sarah Palin is the 2012 presidential nominee, the Republican Party "would have a catastrophic election result,” the top strategist for the McCain campaign said today. Steve Schmidt foresees the 2012 election being won by the party that can sway the independents who backed Barack Obama in 2008. In the past year, Palin “has done nothing to expand her appeal beyond the base,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt, who has long been a Palin detractor, told the Atlantic. “I think that she has talents, but my honest view is that she would not be a winning candidate."

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009.   (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)
John McCain's former senior campaign advisers Mark Salter, right, and Steve Schmidt, walk across the tarmac to McCain's campaign plane in Vienna, Ohio, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.
John McCain's former senior campaign advisers Mark Salter, right, and Steve Schmidt, walk across the tarmac to McCain's campaign plane in Vienna, Ohio, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008.   (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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I think that she has talents, but my honest view is that she would not be a winning candidate for the Republican candidate in 2012, and in fact, were she to be the nominee, we would have a catastrophic election result.
- Steve Schmidt

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DontLikeYou
Oct 2, 09 4:46 PM CDT
How surprising that the Liberal John McCain's crew is still trying to harm Mrs. Palin. God bless Sarah Palin, our next President in 2012. Reply
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DontLikeYou
Oct 2, 09 4:47 PM CDT
///// Schmidt, who has long been a Palin detractor, told the Atlantic. ///// --------------- Nothing new here... just more bitching from liberals within the Republican Party.
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mikech
Oct 2, 09 5:00 PM CDT
when no one takes your troll bait your evil twin fill in?
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calkino
Oct 2, 09 5:05 PM CDT
another pro-Palin post that doesn't address the article--namely the fact that she hasn't expanded her appeal.. shocking.
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oneworld
Oct 2, 09 5:16 PM CDT
haha. you are a fool.
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