Posted on 10/08/2009 6:03:40 PM PDT by conservativeauditor
Westerners have a particular affinity for Palin, with many noting that she embodied the values of freedom and self-reliance. Scott Sales, the minority leader of the Montana House, referred to her "curb appeal" among the party's rank and file.
In Colorado, a state where Palin campaigned hard last year on behalf of the Republican ticket but which Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., eventually lost to Barack Obama, Arapahoe County Republican Party Chairman David Kerber said that Palin was a good fit with Western sensibilities. "She comes across as someone who's going to say what she says and if you don't like it, that's just too bad," Kerber said. "She's not going to lie, she's not going to sugarcoat it — she's just going to let it rip. I think that's what Westerners want."
"People saw her as one of them — someone who could relate to an everyday person. She's not one of the political class," said Heidi Gansert, the Nevada House minority leader. "I also believe that women appreciated her message and what she'd accomplished in her political career and family life. A woman who has a young family, who is able to become the governor of Alaska — a lot of people, women who worked the everyday jobs with their families — they know that she's experiencing the same things they are."
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Maybe because, I don't know, she relates to 99% of Americans who are also outside the perversion and corrtuption of the Beltway??? Just a guess.
The last westerner that was president was Ronald Reagan. He brought the shining light back to the hill even after we were told by carter to get used to the malaise.
What I like about Sarah Palin is that she seems to be just regular folk. She got miffed at something in her town and ran for city council to fix it (or was it school board first? I forget... but anyway...). Then she took on the mayor and won. Then she reached for the brass ring and ran for Governor and won. And... she was a very accomplished Governor. She cleaned house in a reputedly corrupt state government. She drained the swamp.
All in all, not bad for just a regular mom. It’s a story that lots of us can identify with. How many of us wish we had the gumption to throw down the gauntlet and run for office and be the “fixer” for a change? She did that.
She’s one of us.
I don’t know if she’s going to be a viable candidate in the future or not. Yes, the well has been plenty poisoned, and it may not be possible to repair her image enough, and in time. But we’ll see. There’s other rising stars too, like Bobby Jindal. I think he’s the real deal too. Maybe there’s more that haven’t quite surfaced yet.
IMHO that is her strength. Are you getting just a little sick of Newt and Mitt and the other beltway bandits? It's the same-o same-o every election. Who says a president has to be an insider? Or a Harvard grad? Or a big town politician?
Sarah Palin is much like Harry Truman and very much like the middle America I grew up in.
Go Sarah go!
If Palin does decide to run for President, she needs to do two things immediately: (1) Start running ads highlighting her 17 years of reform at the local, state, and yes, federal levels of government. (2) She needs to clearly explain why she resigned from both the Oil and Gas Commission and from Governor. Unfortunately, when you repeat a lie enough people will start believing it, and just like that stupid line from Tina Fey that she can see Russia from her house, they're going to start believing in the "she's a quitter" BS.
From the linked article: “But many party insiders expressed concern about the timing and political wisdom of the decision (by Palin to resign), noting that it complicated whatever plans she might have for higher office.”
Would those be the same party insiders who have so magnificently guided the GOP to success since 2006?
Yes.. Because the taxpayers are coming to reclaim the beltway.
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