Palin Says She’ll Support Democrats?
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Democrats, Independents, Palin, Republicans
While I have my doubts about this latest revelation, the obvious question remains: what Democrat would want her support? Especially since many Republicans aren’t too keen on being linked to her either.
I mean…really?
The former Republican vice-presidential nominee and heroine to much of the GOP’s base said in an interview she views the electorate as embattled and fatigued by nonstop partisanship, and she is eager to campaign for Republicans, independents and even Democrats who share her values on limited government, strong defense and “energy independence.”“I will go around the country on behalf of candidates who believe in the right things, regardless of their party label or affiliation,” she said over lunch in her downtown office, 40 miles from her now-famous hometown of Wasilla — population 7,000 — where she began her political career.
“People are so tired of the partisan stuff — even my own son is not a Republican,” said Mrs. Palin, who stunned the political world earlier this month with her decision to step down as governor July 26 with 18 months left in her term.
Does she seriously think she has that much pull with Americans? Sure, the base Republicans love her, but that’s 20% of the electorate. Everybody else is scared that somehow, someway she’ll find her way into Congress or (gulp) the Oval Office.
I don’t know, it just seems like she has a very inflated sense of self and doesn’t really appreciate that her fame is not about her ideas and is instead all about the novelty of a historic VP pick that McCain made because he was desperate.
More as it develops…
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July 13th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Well. you’re presuming she is going to actually be doing this as her main thing.
If she is in fact going to be focusing more inwardly on herself, her family, and her next steps, she needs a cover story. This is a common boilerplate one for folks taking what amounts to a sabbatical.
She can’t say,” I’m going to have it out with my husband and my kids.”
She can’t say “I’m going to sit on the sofa and eat ice cream and gain 20 lbs, and then do a makeover after a couple months.”
She can’t say “I’m going roaming into the woods and probably won’t shampoo or shave until labor day.”
She can’t say “I’ve hired a voice coach and will be practicing Gingrichian catechisms until thanksgiving.”
She can’t say “I’ll be doing primarily private speeches for big dough to retire my debt and build a war chest.”
So she says that she’s going to be going around the country helping politicians “with the right ideas.”
We’ll see. Someone track her schedule over the next 6 months.
July 13th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
As you pointed out, her hard core support tends to be conservative, so to expand that she needs to at least make the bi-partisan comments. Will she actually support any Democrats higher than the local level?–doubtful in my mind but time will tell.
In polling against Obama she is polling around 35%(with around 9% undecided) so if she did suport a Democrat, it would have some impact. It is not like tons of people would go vote for the Republican because Palin supported the Democrat.
We can only imagine what kind of Republican would drive Palin to support a Democrat.
July 14th, 2009 at 8:56 am
How about a separate post on the new WaPo editorial against cap and trade that was allegedly written by Sarah Palin.
I do not believe for a single second that Sarah Palin crafted this piece. Of course, her defenders will insist both that the substance is what really matters and that all politicians have speechwriters and so on.
But IMO this editorial is essentially a big lie in the sense that it presents Sarah Palin as a well-informed, organized, and succinct thinker and communicator. The Palin camp will say that she had some minimal help but that the work is all hers except for a few tweaks. And I don’t believe that at all. There is just no way. This article bears no resemblance whatsoever to the mind of Sarah Palin. None.
That’s 100% my mileage by the way. I have absolutely zero evidence other than the yawning chasm between the clear succinct erudition of this article and its utter lack in every other instance of exposure to Sarah Palin. But I’d bet the house. It’s about as obvious as an 8-year handing in a 1000 word essay for class, using phrases like “the gravity of the situation” and words like inherent, unsustainable, unprecedented, undermine, inflict, ardent, adversely, and so on.
On the substance, I think this editorial makes important points. What is troubling is that they are being delivered by someone who I have every reason to believe is no more than an ambitious puppet.
July 14th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
kranky-
As Joe Jackson would say, “they wouldn’t print it if it wasn’t true”
July 14th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Well, since the Boston Globe has done it for years for Ted Kennedy… . Clearly every major newspaper’s policy is that if it comes from the office of the person in question, they don’t really care who wrote it.
The pretense is especially striking here its obvious falseness though. I wonder if Sarah still expects that in politics, its different for girls.
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