Politico Does Not Trash Palin
Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden hardly come from blue-blood backgrounds; Biden, now famously, is an Irish-Catholic son of Scranton, Pa., and Obama was raised by a single mother. But the fact that Palin, even as a governor, remains grounded in a recognizable American lifestyle — warts and all — has not gone unnoticed among Republicans, as the first wave of opposition research has been unloaded on her.
“Authenticity is the most important characteristic for someone seeking public office,” said Nick Ayers, executive director of the Republican Governors Association. “Any news that comes out about her is not going to hurt her because it reinforces the point that she is authentically one of us.”
Unlike running mates from both parties, dating back decades, the Palin family isn’t part of the moneyed elite or the governing class. Neither wife nor husband is the scion of a well-connected family. Sarah Palin attended a state school, and her brushes with the law are of the same nettlesome kind that drive recreational fishermen crazy in all 50 states.
Politico
By CHARLES MAHTESIAN
Table of contents for Palin
- Sarah Palin for Vice President!
- Palin for VP Bandwagon
- I Favor the Draft
- Thank You, John McCain!
- Palin Has Been to Iraq Theater of Operations
- Ten Sarah Palin Props
- Why Sarah Palin?
- Slamming Sara Palin
- Politico Does Not Trash Palin
- Palin Pursued By Left
- Sarah Palin as a Beauty Queen
- Loser Says Palin Banned Books
- Palins Speech From Her Foes
- Joe Biden on His Differences with Sarah Palin
- Code Word Update
- Washington Syndrome
- Palin Smear Campaign Traced to Barry Obama
- Sarah Palin - Wow!
- Sarah Palin on Hugh Hewitt
- Palin Debates “Can I Call You Joe?”
- Sarah Calls Rush
- Palin Rap on SNL
- Hot, Smokin Hot, Jeri Thompson on Hannity
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