Palin has surgically positioned herself to use the MSM … rather than permit THEM to use her!!
Leaving office was a premiere strategic and supremely practical move on her part. She can pick and choose her battles, act independently, answer to whomever she chooses … and only IF she chooses.
How better to get/keep national attention and public interest than to BE the news, completely at your OWN discretion AND on an almost wholesale and perpetual basis?
With the events of the next two years (the Nov. election, one more hurdle successfully negotiated) a blank slate and with an unpredictable and unstable domestic and global situation, Palin is in THE BEST possible position to cultivate a bond with American voters, seamlessly fuse her personal/professional image to whatever element will finally hold dominance in 2010 and to SELECTIVELY interact with events as they develop.
This is an opportunity unique to the ‘information age’! Palin is re-inventing Conservative politics and capitalizing on this opportunity right in front of our faces … AND with the consummate skill, courage and enterprise of a practiced political expert!
Say what you want… I think the Liberals attack Palin because she is in a position to DO this AND has the energy, skill, foresight, personal and professional courage to accept the challenges and risks associated with such an original approach!!!
The “O” victory created a personality/power vacuum in American politics and Palin wasted NO time stepping into that space. Palin has succeeded with American Conservatives in the way and to the extent that Madonna succeeds with young music fans. How can this be bad for American Conservatism?
Sarah… show us the way!
I agree.....elect Madam President, make it “official”