Republican Video Fight: Mitt Romney Runs from Bears, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin

We've been letting the Republican Party get on with its internal squabbling, but this latest scrap was too good to go unmentioned.

2008 GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney got a bit lippy about Sarah Palin's recent appearance on Time magazine's list of most influential people: ""Was that the issue on the most beautiful people or the most influential people?"

Devoted Palinists, rather than taking the "most beautiful" compliment, hit back with this video:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDOykmey7-I[/youtube]

Respect is due. The video is a throwback to Ronald Reagan's mega-successful 1984 campaign video where he took down the Soviet Bear (apparently there was a Cold War going on):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwdcmjBgNA&feature=related[/youtube]

And it's also a parody of Romney's 2008 campaign video "Leadership":

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsJ3p5X6rLc&feature=related[/youtube]