[VOA]

Yanks should give thanks for Sarah
(Brit tab: "Unlike Barack Obama, she is the real thing")

"Spot On"
I think that's close to the correct term even though I'm just
a old fan of U.K. productions on television here in the USA.

In my personal (and fallible) book, Palin is a Margaret Thatcher
"in-the-making".

PS: Thank you Stoat for the post.
Otherwise I might naively guess that "Shanahan" was some sort
of Anglisized version of an Arabic family name...

[Stoat]

Yanks should give thanks for Sarah
(Brit tab: "Unlike Barack Obama, she is the real thing")

"Spot On"
I think that's close to the correct term even though I'm just
a old fan of U.K. productions on television here in the USA.

I believe that our British FReeper Friends will concur  :-)

In my personal (and fallible) book, Palin is a Margaret Thatcher
"in-the-making".
 

Many agree, and so I don't think your book is fallible in this instance  :-)

She is exactly what we need.

PS: Thank you Stoat for the post.
Otherwise I might naively guess that "Shanahan" was some sort
of Anglisized version of an Arabic family name...
 

You're quite welcome, and I'm delighted that you've found it to be worthwhile  :-)