Aside: Loved what she stated last night to Hannity, i.e., that no candidate, or public persona, need feel they have to grant their attendance in front of a hostile media. I believe she said something like, 'nobody has to give them, (liberal press), the time of day', and that one needn't be tentative in defending themselves and their positions on the issues.
Say what you will about her, critique her; throw a fit when she speaks boldly, and loudly.
But no one can deny that with Sarah Palin there is absolutely no pretense. She's as comfortable being around (so-called) ordinary people as she would be heads of state.
I think of Mrs Palin when I recall the incident of Reagan in the 1976 primary, when he met that group of blind children in North Carolina. They went out of their way to fool the press and keep them away. Can you imagine Obama; Clinton, or Romney; Gingrich, purposely leading the press away from an event such as this?
It plays well with the fringe base and the Tea Party hard cores, but to win elections by pushing away support and being rude in the process is not very smart.
“Fight Like a Girl!”, “Game On” and that other “Get used to it!” phrase do not exactly inspire a broad appeal to the average apolitical voter. If anything, it repels them.
Palin can run her campaign as she sees fit, but up to now it hasn't exactly been working very well for her.