Palin's Absence From Convention May Expose Rift

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If one of Mitt Romney's goals in choosing a running mate was to mine the same mother lode of conservative excitement that John McCain tapped by picking Sarah Palin four years ago, there's one additional dilemma for Romney to address: Palin is still around.A day after Romney unveiled House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential pick, Palin suggested in a statement posted by her Fox News colleague Greta Van Susteren that she would not speak at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa.“This year is a good opportunity for other voices to speak...

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I find that to be a good thing. I find palin annoying personally, but I think the more the GOP can distance themselves from her the better off they are. In my opinion she has very little credibility as a politician or a TV personality and most of what she does is completely self serving.