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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Sarah Palin: Brokered convention in Tampa not 'negative' for GOP

CNN caught up with Sarah Palin at CPAC, and she said a brokered convention in Tampa would not be a bad thing:

Palin said she would not encourage any of the candidates to drop out of the race, saying it’s “not yet” time for Gingrich to step aside and allow Santorum to rally the conservative vote.

She also welcomed the possibility of a brokered convention in Tampa.

“I don’t think that it would be a negative for the party, a brokered convention,” she said. “And people who start screaming that a brokered convention is the worst thing for the GOP, they have an agenda. They have their own personal or political reasons for their own candidate, who they would like to see protected away from a brokered convention. That’s part of the competition, that’s part of the process. And it may happen.” (more here.)

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