I don’t know Gov. Palin so I am ill equipped to know what goes on in her mind—except from what I have observed in her public comments.
These observations indicate to me she is who she says she is and she says what she believes. Moreover, she can (and does) effectively explain and defend her views. Nothing she says or writes is disingenuous or meant to conceal her belief in traditional conservative America.
Her use of the term “blood libel” was deliberate and apt. The left’s (including RINOs) reaction to it says to me that she hit a nerve. I like conservative politicians who hit the Left’s nerves and she’s the only so-called conservative pres. contender doing it.
Obama has made statements to the Arab world about where his allegiances lie, maybe Sarah is making a statement too. And, she is also just addressing, right up front, the issue of whose money she is going to be campaigning against. Management-wise, it's a proper first step.