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Girl Trouble
Hit & Run — ... The Palin pick is secondarily about government reform, and she's been steel-spined in attacking fellow, corrupt Republicans in her state. But that's only secondary. John McCain would have never looked at Gov. Sam Palin as a running mate, just as black Democrats and guilty white liberals would have never caught fire for white Irish senator Brian O'bama. This is an identity politics election, with independents who don't agree with anything Obama says asked to vote for him to install the first black president, and Democrats now asked to support John McCain to shatter the glass ...

Who Championed Palin?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Kristol, Beck, Barnes.

The myth that Sarah Palin "came out of nowhere"
Stubborn Facts — ... everyone wants to see perform on a big stage." But as Time adequately put the point, "the real surprise about Sarah Palin's selection as his running mate is that it's such a surprise." How is it that the MSM was caught off-guard (assuming that they actually were), when Palin's name has been in circulation among conservatives as a possible veep for McCain for months? Let's take a very short look at the history of what the MSM apparently didn't know. In July 2007, The Weekly Standard ran a cover story depicting Palin and asking "is she the one we've been waiting ...

William Dyer: The red flag from Alaska that Team Obama chose to ignore
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog — [Guest Post by Bill Dyer a/k/a Beldar] Marc Ambinder's "Issues and Answers" post in the online version of The New Republic on Saturday, August 31st — two days after McCain's announcement of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running-mate — was one of the few which mentioned the Dems' lack of preparation for her as a potential opponent: Did the Palin pick surprise Barack Obama's campaign? Yes. They believed the media for one in their lives and it turned out to be a mistake. Though the Democratic National Committee had a research folder prepared for Palin, the VP rapid response team read up on Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Joe Biden all week. The Obama campaign ...

Palin's Potemkin Popularity?
The Stump — ... see that two of her signature achievements involved giving away money. One was signing a $200 million increase in education spending, and another was approving a $250 a month subsidity to low-income elderly Alaskans; Palin had originally sought to restore a subsidy, cancelled by her predecessor, to all elderly Alaskans who had lived in the state since before its statehood. This of course was all made possible by the state's skyrocketing oil revenues. It's not that hard to become popular when you can fling around money like that. (Although this campaign is ...

Sarah Palin And The Integrity Gap
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Why The Integrity Issue Favors McCain-Palin Over Obama-Biden; Part I of III I have previously discussed at length the extent to which the public mood has focused on the issue of integrity in this presidential election. If anything, the recent credit crisis has heightened that concern - frankly, the public doesn't understand the crisis and isn't convinced the candidates do, either, but wants reassurance that the next President will be above outside influence in dealing with its aftermath and preventing similar economic crises in the future. Now, you may not be interested in the integrity issue, or at any rate may be voting ...

The Palin Record: One More Look
Ross Douthat — ... see that two of her signature achievements involved giving away money. One was signing a $200 million increase in education spending, and another was approving a $250 a month subsidity to low-income elderly Alaskans; Palin had originally sought to restore a subsidy, cancelled by her predecessor, to all elderly Alaskans who had lived in the state since before its statehood. This of course was all made possible by the state's skyrocketing oil revenues. It's not that hard to become popular when you can fling around money like that. (Although this campaign is ...

Palin is a "Disaster" and it's All Bill Kristol's Fault
Shadow of the Hegemon — So sez Republican insiders, according to an interview between Glenn Greenwald and Scott Horton, who wrote about how Kristol was responsible for her nomination in The Daily Beast. The interview is audio, so you'll have to listen for yourself, but here's a bit from the piece: Kristol can fairly lay claim to having “discovered” Palin for Washington political circles. Palin’s name appeared in 41 Weekly Standard articles since the Juneau meeting—starting with a paean entitled “The Most Popular Governor” that ran right after the reception. Indeed, Kristol, who was a loyal McCain supporter in 2000 and is often thought to ...

MSM More Interested in Palin Gossip than her Record
GayPatriot — ... only 34 when we add the word “Obama” into the mix.  Hollis French, the state Senator spearheading the probe, is a staunch supporter of the Democratic nominee.  78% of the stories thus omit French’s partisan leanings.  Well, at least 78%.  I haven’t checked the remaining 4,764 stories to see if they note the presidential politicking involved in the investigation. To find stories of her actual record, you need go to the conservative press: The Most Popular Governor How Palin Governed

Jeri Thompson Slams Alan Colmes & Corrupt Media Over Palin Coverage (Video)
Gateway Pundit —

PNAC: Palin’s Pentagon In Waiting?
Wonk Room — ... revival means for the future of Sarah Palin. Palin was first “identified as a potential future leader of the neoconservative cause” in June 2007 when the Weekly Standard’s annual summer cruise docked in Juneau. Several editors — including Bill Kristol — had dinner with Palin. Scott Horton reported that in the following months, the Standard published a number of laudatory items about Palin — “starting with a paean entitled ‘The Most Popular Governor‘ that ran right after” the dinner. Among those ...

Sarah Can Wait
GayPatriot — Those who read this blog know that I’m a strong supporter of the Governor of Alaska.  Aware of her accomplishments, standing up–and defeating–many of the corrupt politicians in the Last Frontier, all of them male,* I know Sarah Palin is capable of the Herculean task of cleaning the Augean stables iof our nation’s capital, made ever more squalid by the “stimulus.”   That said, given her relative youth (she’s just 45) and her limited knowledge of national issues, I believeshe should wait to run for ...