I agree, I am protesting that she called them out for their actions. I don’t think she should have. She’d already won that argument without saying anything. America knows she didn’t have anything to do with it. By calling them out, by using the term ‘blood libel’, however accurate, she handed the ball back. She had the opportunity to appear Presidential and I feel she missed.
I don’t think she missed accidentally. She knew what she’d say would appeal to the Conservative base and she’s solidifying her position there (not that she really needs it) to play Kingmaker in 2012.
I don’t believe she can win the election without at least paying lip-service to the ideas of bipartisanship and consensus-building. No one actually expects it of politicians, but everyone wants to hear it.
By NOT making that move, I think she’s telegraphing an intention not to run. Obviously, I could be wrong, but we’ll see.
Solidifying her position with the base to play kingmaker? You can't be serious. Someone of Palin's almost-unheard-of stature doesn't need to "solidify" her position with the base just to play kingmaker. You are truly misunderestimating this woman, if you believe that's the sum total of her aspirations for public service.
Perhaps you've only recently taken Sarah Palin seriously enough to give her more than a cursory glance, but she's been a leader throughout her life, both private and public.
Of the four people who ran in the 2008 presidential election, she is the ONLY one who had a long-established record of executive leadership and experience. Most conservatives watching at the time, understood from the moment we saw her, that our ticket was upside-down, and it was Sarah who should have been running for president.
Trust me - that is the very last time you will ever see Sarah Palin play second fiddle to anyone. Sometime after the loss in 2008, she was quoted as saying, "Unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes." Now, what do you suppose she meant by that? That she was seeking to be the number one "kingmaker" in the country? Think again.
I don’t believe she can win the election without at least paying lip-service to the ideas of bipartisanship and consensus-building. No one actually expects it of politicians, but everyone wants to hear it.
Perhaps you didn't follow the results of the 2010 midterm elections. Bipartisanship isn't what the people voted for. No, they voted in nearly unprecedented numbers for a return to conservative leadership and core American values - neither of which the Democrats have shown. Bipartisanship? Not on your life. If Sarah came out with a milquetoast line like that, support for her would drop like a stone. It's precisely because she's so stridently PARTISAN to the right, that she enjoys such huge popularity.
Looking at the historic gains just made by the right (across the country), do you honestly believe that the American people voted for bipartisanship, and that Sarah Palin is making a mistake by not 'reaching across the aisle'?
You've drawn the wrong conclusions here, my friend. What you're saying does not compute.