Running for the American presidency is like stepping into a white-hot crucible. No other national head faces the two-year-long grind our presidential candidates do to win the job. Well, Obama got away without much scrutiny, what with the wealthy Left both in and out of media greasing his way. But that's the very rare exception which proves the rule.
Once the campaign gets going in earnest, Palin will have to demonstrate that she is presidential material. She will have to formulate policy statements on a range if issues. She will have to articulate her vision for the country. She will have to show some solid grasp of foreign policy. It won't be enough for her to appeal to people typified by FReepers. It won't be enough for her to simply be a celebrity. Glib one-liners, a lovely smile, a sparkly demeanor, and shallow pronouncements will only take her so far.
Her present "job," as you put it, is to prepare for the campaign. It would help her if she traveled abroad. She needs to begin assembling a solid team of advisors. She needs to think through the rationale for her candidacy. Why is she running? Where does she want to take the country? What would be some of her key goals. It will not help her if all she continues to be is a gadfly celebrity. Kind of the Arianna Huffington of the Right.
Her present “job,” as you put it, is to prepare for the campaign. It would help her if she traveled abroad. She needs to begin assembling a solid team of advisors. She needs to think through the rationale for her candidacy. Why is she running? Where does she want to take the country? What would be some of her key goals. It will not help her if all she continues to be is a gadfly celebrity. Kind of the Arianna Huffington of the Right.
The goal - Renew, Revive, Restore - “renew our optimistic, pioneering spirit, revive our free market system and restore constitutional limits and our standing in the world, as that abiding beacon of freedom. … Not transformation but restoration with a ‘Great Awakening’ that we already feel emerging across America.”
She has been making policy statements for the past year and a half. She challenged Bernanke on QEII. She stood with Gov. Brewer (literally) on the Arizona immigration law while others cowered in fear. And who was it that first opposed the health care bill for its rationing (death panels) which they now admit to. She has said that her first priority is to repeal the healthcare bill. Her policy on energy independence is well known. She believes in supporting our friends and opposing our enemies and she knows which is which. She stands with the tea party groups for a return to constitutional government and fiscal responsibility. If you don’t know this, you must have recently awakened from a lengthy hibernation.