Politics | Mitt Romney Romney Blasts 'Numbskull' Advisers for Palin Slams GOP frontrunner defends rival on Twitter By John Johnson Posted Jul 16, 2010 1:11 PM CDT Copied Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during an appearance at Emory University, Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Time quoted anonymous advisers to Mitt Romney dissing Sarah Palin in this article yesterday, and today Romney himself came to her defense. On Twitter, no less: "TIME says unnamed advisors disparaged @SarahPalinUSA. Anonymous numbskulls. She's proven her smarts; they've disproven theirs." Consider their feud over, Ben Smith blogs for Politico. "The dynamic here: People who want to be the Republican nominee may not expect Palin to run, but they do want her supporters to like them." Read These Next A former NFL Pro Bowler has died at age 36. The penny is still with us, but the headache has already arrived. Major websites, apps affected by massive outage. The massive AWS failure exposed a big problem with the internet. Report an error