Personally, I think you are off base thinking that Sarah is naive. She is one of the most astute politicians I’ve ever seen. She is a natural (I hate to say it, but sort of like Bill Clinton). She will make mistakes no doubt, but they won’t be because she is naive. She makes up for faux pas with pure guts. Who else would waltz into a MSNBC party and ask Rachael Maddow, “can you get me a diet coke?”
I never said Sarah was “naive”, I said she was “politically naive”. Even Reagan made a few political rookie mistakes & learned from them. It now seems Sarah has done the same. We learn from our mistakes. That is what builds character & I applaud her for learning from her rookie mistake and taking charge to correct it.
No secret we all like and admire Palin...but I will say she is not as tight as she needs to be when face to face with those who can and do put her on the spot...and I don’t mean she can’t fire off some comebacks...rather she needs solid answers on where she stands when she is put on the spot...and be comfortable with them. Her defenses still remain edgy, when on the spot, and it comes thru with her responses as defensive.
Sarah’s walking into the Correspondence Dinner was great training ground for her.....she missed a beat on entry when the reporter asked her about Trump. Saying he’s our “Buddie” wasn’t exactly a great response and you could see she wasn’t ready for that question.