2 Senior staff close to Romney and Pawlenty now feel "rudely strung along" and "manipulated."

[ehrnst]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/

Palin Pick Leaves Bruised Feelings

By Anne E. Kornblut

DENVER -- Though it was high in shock value, the Palin pick left bruised feelings among the short-list contenders who were not picked -- and infuriated some Republican officials who privately said McCain had gone out on a limb, unnecessarily, without laying the groundwork for such an unknown. Two senior Republican officials close to Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty said they had both been rudely strung along and now "feel manipulated."

[rurallib]

1. Damn - that is funny. Ol' John really shit on them didn't he?

This whole episode is like one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Been laughing my ass off for two hours.

[AngryOldDem]

6. That wily old Maverick!

Gotta watch him every second.

[Gman]

2. "Who cares what they think?"

They need to "get over it".

[Lochloosa]

12. Perfect Answer

:toast:

[Frances]

3. I was thinking that Mitt especially might feel insulted

If the vp had been Pawlenty, Mitt could have told himself that McCain needed Minnesota.

But this choice...

I think Minnesota is safely Dem now.

I wonder how welcoming Minneapolis will be.

[thereismore]

4. McCain is a reckless gambler. nt

[JDPriestly]

25. Precisely my take. He is an old fool, and his choice of Palin proves it.

She is a likable person, but not presidential. Hillary was very presidential. Palin does not have a clue.

[faithfulcitizen]

5. fantastic.

[zingaro]

7. I wish I hadn't cackled when I read that.

But I did. :rofl:

[Blackhatjack]

8. Mittens paid Millions of His Own Personal $$ to be on the ticket ... now this!

Boy there are going to be some high Repub officials looking for hellacious payback after this.

McCain will be lucky to be offered the janitorial position at the next Repub Convention.

[PA Democrat]

9. So will the media whores perseverate on stories about the "split" within the Republican party

like they did with the Dems?

[Bozita]

10. GOPumas?

[Overseas]

19. That's what I was thinking. Can we stimulate those bruised feelings? /eom

[ravishane]

11. Kay Bailey Hutchinson was . . .

visibly perturbed while speaking to Andrea Mitchell as well.

[Love Bug]

13. I almost feel sorry for them...

They've spent the last several months with their lips firmly attached to McCain's butt but have now been left at the altar for another woman.

:evilgrin:

[C_U_L8R]

14. That's the free market for ya.

These republicans really should learn to pick themselves up by their bootstraps

[sfam]

15. They felt manipulated??? Welcome to the Republican Party, Mr. Romney....

[Virginia Dare]

16. It's official. The RNC will cut bait on McCain..

they'll hang him out to dry, call it a day and try again next time.

[hvn_nbr_2]

22. But they can't

They can't allow an honest person to be attorney general. Too many crimes to hide.

[crimsonblue]

24. meh... they know that in order for the GOP to survive

that Bushco needs to go away. Romney, Pawlenty, even Jindal aren't tied to the Bushco. So, they are just going to wait for the party to die, so they can ressurect it in 2012.

[RoadRage]

17. McCain always seems to leave for the younger, prettier woman....

Why is Mittens surprised? Maybe he can go have a drink with McCain's ex...

[Danascot]

18. So McDiseased thinks Mitt isn't pretty enough?

Mitt must be really pissed!

:evilgrin:

[ronnykmarshall]

20. Mittens just crapped his secret underware.

[OwnedByFerrets]

21. LMFAO!!!!!

[EnviroBat]

23. Ah, the McCain train-wreck is amusing to watch.

You want to look away, but you just can't divert your eyes from the fiery explosion...

[FormerConservative]

26. Can you imagine if Obama converted Mittens into a surrogate? :)

A lot of republibots (non-fundies) absolutely love the man.

Granted, he has slammed Obama mercilously in the past, so the likelihood of this happening is approximately 0.01%.

A boy can dream, though, right? :)

[psychmommy]

27. prepare for the evangelical all fundie convention

this is gonna be good. lots of being slain in the spirit and talking in tongues. can it get any better than this. will anybody else come? lieberman and the fundies. i can't wait for the convention.