“And she does have advisers and she does have staff, and part of her “mystique” has been to hide them well. Indeed, every single time there is a gaffe, or a booking to which she doesn’t appear, it’s ALWAYS blamed on the staff.”
In this pre-anouncement stage, the fact that Gov. Palin is presenting the illusion that she doesn’t have a staff, speaks to her being a little bit smarter than the political elites want to give her credit for.
She has positioned hersself to be one of the co front runners for the nomination after getting savaged by the liberal media and the Establishment GOP, including a big hit by Rove.
Seriously LS, what you are saying about Palin not being criticized on FR is just factually incorrect. I used to post on a big variety of issues on FR. Now, I have little time to do that because I am constantly refuting allegations leveled at Gov Palin by Freepers.
The attacks have been constant, intense and redundant for 2 years now.
I guess I'm speaking more to the overall "Palin has a brilliant strategy" argument. It in fact was a strat adopted by Obama, who had no record and ran on being a celebrity. We'll see if that works twice. But the fact that someone has to administer a MASSIVE federal government with so little experience (again, see Obama) and so few connections with people who DO have experience (again, see Obama) is troubling. It can be overcome, but it first needs to be acknowledged as a serious weakness, and I don't see anyone here doing that. Criticism of her McCain endorsement? Yes. But of her other experience and judgment, no.