You may be overlooking what I consider to be her top accomplishment in Alaska. Cleaning out some of the corrupt from her own party! That is why both RATs and RINOs fear her.
What you call a verbal grenade I consider straight talk.
If Palin was so intent on clearing out corruption in Alaska then she had no business resigning. In fact, in order to stop corruption she should have served her term and run for re-election. She didn’t and we’ve never gotten a clear reason why from her. I think the answer is that Palin comes from humble roots and she had an opportunity to make millions giving speeches and being a media personality. I don’t fault her for that but it means that she really wasn’t serious about learning how to govern. That’s straight talk. We need someone who knows what they’re doing not just someone who has the right views.