[Mariner]

Huey Long, in his own words:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MKb35NK0F0&NR=1

Palin is successfully employing this political style and tapping this political sentiment.

I hope she has really, really good private security.

[RobbyS]

I watched them during the autograph signing. They covered her pretty well.

[AHerald]

Palin is successfully employing this political style and tapping this political sentiment.

By coincidence, I watched Ken Burn's documentary on Long on Netflix yesterday. That clip opens the film. Long was a corrupt socialist demagogue and dictator; but there is no doubt he was an incredibly gifted campaigner and wickedly smart politician that belied his comic rube schtick. (Heck, I caught myself nodding in agreement, and laughing at his stories, thoroughly entertained)

Long's rhetoric and style still strikes a nerve. Palin strikes a nerve. She's got none of the darkness of Long, but, you're right, she's got similar gifts as a campaigner and does at times mine similar political veins.