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Originally Posted by Esther
I guess time will tell. As I remember no one thought GWB had a chance either.
I wonder if perhaps she may even change party lines?
I am about fed up with the Dems and the Reps.
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Finally heard from Newt Gingrich on Palin:
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"Governor Palin may very well be the nominee. There are lots and lots of Republicans who like her. She is now going to be able to campaign full time for the next, uh, almost three and a quarter years. And so, who knows what will happen? I think it's a long way off, but I think she has a very major role to play in the party and I wouldn't rule her out for either the first or second slot.
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Interesting by Peggy Noonan. I don't happen to agree, totally, with her. When Palin knows a topic, she can bring it. 3 1/2 years is just what she needs and I believe that is what she will be working toward. Her Hockey Mom verbiage is her trademark, but she does need to hone up on her skills in foreign affairs, etc. I believe Peggy Noonan will change her view in time to come.
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July 10, 2009
Saying Goodbye to Palin
Peggy Noonan on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin:
"She went on the trail a sensation but demonstrated in the ensuing months that she was not ready to go national and in fact never would be. She was hungry, loved politics, had charm and energy, loved walking onto the stage, waving and doing the stump speech. All good. But she was not thoughtful. She was a gifted retail politician who displayed the disadvantages of being born into a point of view (in her case a form of conservatism; elsewhere and in other circumstances, it could have been a form of liberalism) and swallowing it whole: She never learned how the other sides think, or why."
"In television interviews she was out of her depth in a shallow pool. She was limited in her ability to explain and defend her positions, and sometimes in knowing them. She couldn't say what she read because she didn't read anything. She was utterly unconcerned by all this and seemed in fact rather proud of it: It was evidence of her authenticity. She experienced criticism as both partisan and cruel because she could see no truth in any of it. She wasn't thoughtful enough to know she wasn't thoughtful enough."
http://politicalwire.com/archives/20..._to_palin.html
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