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]]> http://donklephant.com/2008/11/11/palin-talks-to-matt-lauer/comment-page-1/#comment-424369 mike mcEachran Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:42:00 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=10868#comment-424369 Palin's likability quotient is extremely high. These interviews serve her well. I've been pessimistic that she can rebound on a national scale, but I'm starting think she might pull it off. In the end, I think it will be bad for the Republican "brand" (I'm sick of that expression, but oh well.) She perpetuates the stereotype of Republicans as ignorant, but fun to hang out with, or in her case "hot". She is anti-meritocracy, and full on identity politics as usual. But the right-wing masses love her, and the Repubs probably have no where else to go. She'll be the last gasp of the religious right. After she fails in 2012, or beyond, they'll just have to go back to church and let the grown ups govern for a generation or two. (That is if the Dems don't screw up, and I don't think Obama will let them. Crossing fingers.) Palin’s likability quotient is extremely high. These interviews serve her well. I’ve been pessimistic that she can rebound on a national scale, but I’m starting think she might pull it off. In the end, I think it will be bad for the Republican “brand” (I’m sick of that expression, but oh well.) She perpetuates the stereotype of Republicans as ignorant, but fun to hang out with, or in her case “hot”. She is anti-meritocracy, and full on identity politics as usual. But the right-wing masses love her, and the Repubs probably have no where else to go. She’ll be the last gasp of the religious right. After she fails in 2012, or beyond, they’ll just have to go back to church and let the grown ups govern for a generation or two. (That is if the Dems don’t screw up, and I don’t think Obama will let them. Crossing fingers.)

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