[so_real]

And yours and mine is a genuine, polite, intellectual difference of opinion and I completely respect yours. This is the kind of discourse I've come to enjoy, and expect, here at FR. Thank you :-) And don't think for a moment I've written Mrs. Palin off. She's not even in the race (yet?) and she's still a front runner on my scorecard. It's only that our Tea Party types in Congress are in the middle of the storm trying to hold the line and do what is "right" instead of what is "easy" (which would be to carry water for the establishment republicans). Currently Sarah Palin is on the sidelines as the greatest advocate to our cause. I simply had hoped she would have more adamantly encouraged our people with her words, to keep fighting the debt ceiling rise rather than to equivocate that it is inevitable. Had she said, "Don't retreat ... reload!" we might have even gained people off the fence to our aid.

[WVNan]

Try not to worry. I think Sarah is, and has been, in “school” during her down time this summer. She is getting ready for the battle. At this point in time, she is playing the “gadfly” roll, by criticizing the prsident and nudging the republicans. She, out of necessity, is saving her solutions for the campaign and debates. the head can hold only so much. From reading her books and books about her by people who have worked with her, she will be the type of executive who calls in all the opposing sides and listens to their arguments, then she makes an informed decision and sticks to it. She is not arbitrary, but a negotiator. Because of that she will make some people mad, but she will stick to her guns.