Instructive reporting:
[excerpt] Palin’s final stop was a clambake in Seabrook, where she hobnobbed with a small crowd that included former governor John Sununu, who also attended the Romney event. “I love it,’’ she said, heaping praise on New Hampshire, and sounding very much like a presidential candidate. “It’s beautiful.’’
So, is she running for president?
“Haven’t decided yet,’’ she said. “Looking at the field, and knowing that there is going to be a lot of shakeup in that lineup.’’ [end excerpt]
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20110602/NEWS0602/706029991
[excerpt] SARAH: NH IS NOTHING SPECIAL. Sununu said he was surprised that Palin dissed New Hampshire voters earlier this week just a few days before she stops by.
According to CNN.com, Palin said, “I honestly don’t look at states according to when their primaries are. To me, an American is an American no matter what their primary election dates.”
Palin said New Hampshire voters are special, “but not just because they have a certain date of a primary election. They’re special because they are Americans and obviously they want jobs, they want safety in their communities, they want strong national defense, they want the same things that everybody else wants, so I don’t know, I guess that’s that non-politician in me not looking at a New Hampshire voter any differently just because they have, you know, an earlier primary than somebody else.”
Sununu responded, “I’m surprised she doesn’t have any more respect than that for the state of New Hampshire, which has served as the launching pad for many conservative Presidents. A lot of people who are running this time have a much nicer perspective on New Hampshire than that.” [end excerpt]
John, John, John...
It's not that she doesn't respect the voters of NH, it's that she doesn't need the Republican establishment. She kicked @$$ on them in Alaska.
From your link...She’s using History and interjecting it into the minds of those watching....quite the impact..
.....Paul Revere... after visiting Old North Church in the North End, she said he had warned that the British were coming to make sure “we were going to be secure and free, and we were going to be armed.’’.....“You’ve got to know a lot about our past in order to know how to proceed successfully into the future,’’ she said.
At the storied church, Palin sat in a pew traditionally reserved for governors and, accompanied by the vicar, Stephen T. Ayers, climbed to the steeple where Revere had lanterns displayed to warn of the approaching British assault in 1775.