Hi, Long time no pings.
I was in 11th grade for Reagans 2nd landslide.
I have had the pleasure to email with Peggy Noonan years ago about President Bush the Younger. I emailed her after reading one of her books. No one back then thought it possible for him to become President...she said they referred to him as the Kid when his father was in office.
I would like history to repeat itself once again and hope the media is underestimating the charisma of one Gov. Sarah Palin. I think the media is and we shall overcome. The country can not be that stupid. If so then we deserve what we get.
The problem is that "the Kid" didn't grow up to be a very good president (at least so it seems right now).
Sadly, the left is attempting to paint Palin as George W. Bush in a skirt. Keith Olbermann even ran a split screen comparison of Bush's debate comments and Palin's debate comments -- Bush' "reformer with results" vs. Palin's "track record of reform", etc. I must admit that there were similarities. But there were also striking differences. Palin governed as a strict fiscal conservative. Bush did not. Palin's populism is based on American values of self reliance and local autonomy. Bush's populism is grounded in what he called "compassionate conservatism" -- which translated into big government spending programs which were really only a more efficient variation of LBJ's Great Society. Palin doesn't promise goodies and programs. She simply promises to put government back on the side of the people by reining in spending and making sure taxes are low. That's basic Reaganesque conservatism.
One of the things she did right away when she was elected governor is send out a directive to all government agencies to reduce their spending by 10% or she will do it for them. Can you imagine how awesome this lady would be in DC?!