the dust that is still in the air over gov. palin is simply amazing to me. one would think that the national pontificators would let it ride another few days just to see. but power and control is something that is not easily given away. a clip from this morning’s wsj op ed page has it right.
There is nothing more dangerous to entrenched Washington power than a populist conservative who looks unlikely to buy into Washington’s creature comforts. Take a close look at Governor Palin’s record on ethics and energy in Alaska, and it becomes clear what this Beltway outburst is actually about. The irony is that while Senator Obama is running on change, his acceptance speech made explicit that he’s promising only more power and money for Washington. Sarah Palin’s history of taking on the career politicians of a corrupt Alaskan GOP machine — her own party — shows that she’s the more authentic change agent.
That’s great, and I didn’t even have to read the whole wsj article! Thanks.