By Gregory W. Wallace (@gregorywallace)
MANCHESTER — Sarah Palin gave no indication in Manchester of her presidential aspirations in a speech which primarily called for unity among tea party ranks and laid out the most bare of bones of a platform for the movement.
When interrupted by a chant of, “Run, Sarah Run,” the former Alaska governor paused, smiled, and replied, “I appreciate your encouragement, I do.”
Ms. Palin did not co-opt the tea party movement as her own 2012 current and she suggested others ought not, either. “The tea party movement is bigger than any one person,” she said. Rather, she sounded more like a party chair, offering a skeletal party platform.
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Monday, September 5, 2011
Romney Doesn't Comment on Palin, But Recasts Stump Speech
By Gregory W. Wallace (@gregorywallace)
MANCHESTER—The day after speaking at a New Hampshire tea party rally, Mitt Romney would not speculate on the intentions of another Granite State visitor and tea party favourite, Sarah Palin.
“I don’t know,” he said, asked if she would run for president, and continued, “there’s always room for Governor Palin.”
Mr. Romney unveiled a new stump speech at this Labour Day pancake breakfast, having yesterday delivered his standard fare at a tea party rally, not even mentioning the movement in his remarks.
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MANCHESTER—The day after speaking at a New Hampshire tea party rally, Mitt Romney would not speculate on the intentions of another Granite State visitor and tea party favourite, Sarah Palin.
“I don’t know,” he said, asked if she would run for president, and continued, “there’s always room for Governor Palin.”
Mr. Romney unveiled a new stump speech at this Labour Day pancake breakfast, having yesterday delivered his standard fare at a tea party rally, not even mentioning the movement in his remarks.
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Romney Serves Pancakes in Manchester
Strategic Syrup
By Gregory W. Wallace (@gregorywallace)
Talk about a sugar high.
It takes no small amount of syrup to satisfy pancakes for 500 people, the number former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s campaign is estimating will attend today’s pancake breakfast. But where does one get syrup in such quantities?
The campaign has stockpiled syrup from Mt. Cube Sugar Farm, Primary Insider has learned, in a bid both to provide the authentic pancake topping—no artificial flavours here—as well as work towards locking down endorsements from more members of the influential family behind the farm.
Former New Hampshire governor Meldrim Thomson Jr. bought the sugar shack within a stone’s throw of the White Mountains in the early 1950s, and the farm is owned today by Governor Thompson’s oldest son, Peter.
Members of the Thompson family endorsed Mr. Romney in 2008, and the youngest son, Robb, announced his 2012 endorsement of Mr. Romney in July.
Tom Thompson capitalized on his father’s notoriety to create a six-point anti-tax pledge, and Mr. Romney was the first to sign that pledge, in mid-August. Tom has so far not made an endorsement as he continues to rack up signatures from the candidates.
Syrup retails from Mt. Cube Farm at $50 per gallon, but the Romney campaign knows that major endorsements are, well, worth a whole lot more.
Talk about a sugar high.
It takes no small amount of syrup to satisfy pancakes for 500 people, the number former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s campaign is estimating will attend today’s pancake breakfast. But where does one get syrup in such quantities?
The campaign has stockpiled syrup from Mt. Cube Sugar Farm, Primary Insider has learned, in a bid both to provide the authentic pancake topping—no artificial flavours here—as well as work towards locking down endorsements from more members of the influential family behind the farm.
Former New Hampshire governor Meldrim Thomson Jr. bought the sugar shack within a stone’s throw of the White Mountains in the early 1950s, and the farm is owned today by Governor Thompson’s oldest son, Peter.
Members of the Thompson family endorsed Mr. Romney in 2008, and the youngest son, Robb, announced his 2012 endorsement of Mr. Romney in July.
Tom Thompson capitalized on his father’s notoriety to create a six-point anti-tax pledge, and Mr. Romney was the first to sign that pledge, in mid-August. Tom has so far not made an endorsement as he continues to rack up signatures from the candidates.
Syrup retails from Mt. Cube Farm at $50 per gallon, but the Romney campaign knows that major endorsements are, well, worth a whole lot more.
Romney, Huntsman, Roemer, and Palin Campaign
By Gregory W. Wallace (@gregorywallace)
Mitt Romney, Jon M. Huntsman Jr. and Charles “Buddy” Roemer campaign in New Hampshire today—and Sarah Palin is arriving to do something which promises to be a lot like campaigning, too.
It is a day packed with former governors.
Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, hosts a pancake breakfast this morning in Manchester before leaving the state for a presidential forum in South Carolina.
Mr. Huntsman, the former Utah governor, will walk in the Milford Labor Day parade, then speak at a Republican picnic in Salem.
Mr. Roemer, the former Louisiana governor, speaks at the Tea Party Express rally which begins at midday in Manchester’s Veterans Park. He then attends the Salem Republicans picnic and rejoins the Tea Party Express in Nashua at 5 pm.
Ms. Palin, the former Alaska governor who is not letting on to her own presidential interests, attends the Tea Party Express rally in Manchester today at noon.
Mitt Romney, Jon M. Huntsman Jr. and Charles “Buddy” Roemer campaign in New Hampshire today—and Sarah Palin is arriving to do something which promises to be a lot like campaigning, too.
It is a day packed with former governors.
Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, hosts a pancake breakfast this morning in Manchester before leaving the state for a presidential forum in South Carolina.
Mr. Huntsman, the former Utah governor, will walk in the Milford Labor Day parade, then speak at a Republican picnic in Salem.
Mr. Roemer, the former Louisiana governor, speaks at the Tea Party Express rally which begins at midday in Manchester’s Veterans Park. He then attends the Salem Republicans picnic and rejoins the Tea Party Express in Nashua at 5 pm.
Ms. Palin, the former Alaska governor who is not letting on to her own presidential interests, attends the Tea Party Express rally in Manchester today at noon.
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