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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

To further a point: "Competence over flair" from the conservative National Review

PJ: Not only have most writers for the National Review defended Sarah Palin but, on occassion, they still run op-eds with her byline.

National Review online

Picking a Veep in a Post-Palin World
Romney may seek competence over flair.

By Robert Costa


Former vice president Dick Cheney, speaking in Washington on Monday, summed up the emerging consensus among the GOP’s political class. “The single most important criteria has to be the capacity to be president,” Cheney said. “That’s why you pick them. Lots of times in the past that has not been the foremost criteria.”

Cheney did not cite Palin by name, but to many Republican operatives who read or heard the remarks, the message was clear: Romney should pick an anti-Palin.

For the rest of the piece:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/296928/picking-veep-post-palin-world-robert-costa

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