>>Genius at work? Just maybe?<<
Okay, let’s not get carried away here and do to the word “genius” what Democrats did to that once-fine word “liberal.”
Palin has gotten where she has because she has more commonsense in her little finger than most politicians do in their brains, and because she’s developed a tough skin and a work ethic.
The commonsense guides her through the minefields of politics and the tough skin keeps her in the game in spite of constant attacks by both liberals and Republicans who would rather see the DC game play on as it always has.
Her work ethic keeps her pushing ahead toward the next goal. The big question is: “What’s her next goal?” My money is on the Presidency.
The “geniuses” employed by Romney have convinced him that it’s possible to support Romneycare while calling for the repeal of Obamacare. They tell him global warming is real and caused by humans, and that you must, in any case, support ethanol subsidies in Iowa.
Palin’s commonsense tells her both Romneycare and Obamacare are government monstrosities that will lead to no good end, and that the global warming crowd is a bunch of leftists looking to build more office buildings in DC. That same commonsense tells her that while it might cost her some votes in Iowa, it’s inconsistent to distrust the global warming crowd but then support one of their biggest initiatives. I’ll take commonsense any day in a leader. The geniuses rarely have any.
I’m not talking about self-proclaimed geniuses. My uncles were real rocket scientists, capable of virtuoso performance in music, math, etc. Yet they had tons of common sense, and were really great people. Go figure.