The Tragedy of Sarah Palin

From the moment Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech electrified the Republican convention, she was seen as an unbending, hard-charging, red-meat ideologue—to which soon was added “thin-skinned” and “vindictive.” But a look at what Palin did while in office in Alaska—the only record she has—shows a very different politician: one who worked with Democrats to tame Big Oil and solve the great problem at the heart of the state’s politics. That Sarah Palin might have set the nation on a different course. What went wrong?...Read more:   http://tinyurl.com/3hlh7st   The Atlantic   5/10/2011

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If you believe that Palin no longer represents a serious force in our politics, that she's "over," as one writer recently put it, then think of my piece as a retrospective that explores why that is so and considers what she might have been. If, on the other hand, you think Palin is just biding her time, that her greatest days still lie ahead of her -- and a number of people do think this -- then my piece can be read as an exegesis of her record, particularly her record in Alaska, which is much stronger than most people realize and could be drawn upon to revitalize her political career.
Read more:   http://tinyurl.com/3e33mwd   The Atlantic Joshua Green