One glaringly bad piece of advice in that article - “She also needs to get more involved in D.C.-based think tanks, as a way to get conservative media intellectuals back on her side.”
What Sarah Palin needs to do is make speeches at the chamber of commerce dinners and events all around the country. She needs to stay out of Washington and away from the “intellectuals.”
When the hordes of conservative voters are making her the runaway favorite for the GOP nomination, the “Washington Intellectuals” will leave Washington to see what the appeal is. Let them come to her.
I agree about Washington as a source of insular thought and elitism, but on the other hand, she needs to develop a good grounding in the expanse of conservative ideas. That is a need that can be filled by the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute. Maybe she can meet them somewhere away from the swamp.
“She needs to stay out of Washington and away from the “intellectuals.”
I agree - she needs to stay away from DC and those that feed off DC. Once she gets into real America she will start drawing the crowds wherever she goes. At that point she will be unstoppable. She shouldn’t listen to the pundits, the media, the politicians - just plain American folk.