I believe Palin’s appearance tonight shows that she’s in training - in this case, voice/speech training. As others have noted, she seemed more subdued, deliberate, serious. I believe it’s a deliberate, studied strategy because she knew (or was made aware) that her Minnesota-ish accent, her voice modulating frequently into very high pitches, her penchant (in the past) for getting so enthusiastic she’d speak too fast and over applause lines - all of these needed to be addressed if she were going to be the focal point of a bruising year-plus-long campaign.
Her communication style in the past was always a sore point, even with her most admiring supporters (including myself).
I don’t at all believe she was “sad”, but agree with the determined.
She is watching Michele Bachmann fading and made reference to it tonight. Michele hurt herself in the last debate and I think will need to be a non-factor if Sarah is to get in. That, I think is one issue. The other is to give Perry and Romney a chance to bloody each other a bit and possibly come in with a 2-way race open. She needs to get some specifics and show she can debate them and list some stats. All in all, I am not convinced she is going to do it, but I do love her.
That being said. She's what... in her 40s? Maybe 50? I don't know her age but you cannot teach an old dog new tricks when it comes to something as natural as the voice. She may tone it down temporarily but it's not going to last. You can teach Jack Benny to walk like a man and it will last perhaps for a show or two but it wont be long before he's walking like a female again.
I say take a chance and BE YOURSELF
sorry for the italic through the whole comment
Hopefully she’s talked to Ailes about her presentation skills. He used to consult on that subject for a living. He wrote a book about it back in the 80s, which I own, called “You are the Message.” He’s a master at that stuff.
Yep, my husband even said she sounded much better, and he hasn’t been a fan....he sounded interested tonight.