Palin’s strategy aimed to keep the MSM from burying her in the back pages. You are not taking into account the full-court press that backed her in a corner in Alaska. Once the Democrats joined the corrupt Murkowski machine, she was between a rock and a hard place. The Democrats are the reason why Murkowski is still sitting in the senate.
I’m not discounting the ‘rock and a hard place’ reality here. I agree with that description. Some of the other issues you touched on, were accurate too. There still has to be a balance, and I’m not convinced she got that right.
I’ll give you an example. I would have advised her not to participate in the Alaska series. You want folks to feel like they know you, without seeing you in the every day grind. My personal thought on that, is that it makes you look far more ‘common’ than you want people to see you as, if you’re planning to run for the presidency. There needs to be aura of respect, that commonality tends to break down.
I know a lot of people who support her probably gobbled that up, and I’m not saying she did a bad job at all. I respect that people enjoyed it. I’m just saying that for some folks, it may have been the wrong tactic. Palin may have won new converts. She may also have alienated people.
That’s just my take on it.
I do believe than over-exposure is a real concern.
Thanks for the response.