SFGate:Sarah Palin, political genius (Imagine this coming from Liberals)
The pundits are wrong. Conventional wisdom is wrong. Sarah Palin’s decision to step down as Alaska governor was a brilliant move.
Palin has some of the best political instincts I have ever seen. She became a pop-culture superstar overnight when John McCain made her his veep pick, and she’s still second only to President Obama among politicians the public is interested in. Even in liberal San Francisco, she’d be front-page news if she ever came to town.
But that kind of celebrity comes at a high price. What a lot of people don’t know is that Palin entered Alaska politics as a reformer attacking the corruption of the state’s Republican establishment. As such, she was the darling of the Democrats - until she hooked up with McCain.
After the election, with Palin back home but positioning herself for a 2012 presidential run, it was clear she would catch nothing but ridicule from Alaska’s Democrats. It was not going to be pretty.
If Palin wants to play on the national field, she has to be free to move around. She has to be able to drop into Indiana, Ohio or Tennessee and help Republican candidates raise money. She has to be available for radio and TV.
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She was never the “darling” of the Democrat party - she’s pro life and, therefore, could never be their darling since that’s a no-no in their eyes.
Also, they’re just as corrupt as the Republican Party. Sure there were corrupt politicians (is that an oxymoron?) in Alaska. There are corrupt politicians all over the White House and Congress right now. The fact is, for every corrupt Republican, I could name a corrupt Democrat. Party has nothing to do with it. I would tell the author of the article, “It’s the character, stupid - not party affiliation.”