[katana]

We are about to see if this is a "please don't throw me in that briar patch" moment. While we all recognize this is a major "gotcha" mining operation, if all that's found is the paper trail of a serious and hard working no nonsense governor, or if (as I think is likely) whatever negative or slightly "off color" remarks are against the oil company executives and (Republican) politicos she went toe to toe with (and won), then exposing them to public view could actually enhance her image with voters whose minds are still open to persuasion.

I think I understand why the Republican establishment (and the D's) are so obsessed and obviously terrified of this small mother of five from the frontier. She is a combination of all of their very worst nightmares, a genuinely charismatic, purely working class achiever who speaks fluent "American" and conveys a message that is authentically populist. That makes her a clear threat to a system of thought and governing that both parties have milked and wish to continue milking for all the power and billions of dollars their evil little hearts desire.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.....(as I think is likely) whatever negative or slightly "off color" remarks are against the oil company executives and (Republican) politicos she went toe to toe with (and won), then exposing them to public view could actually enhance her image with voters whose minds are still open to persuasion....

I was thinking this same thing but couldn't think how to put it.

Thanks! You said it just right!