Palin appeal
Doc Zero spells it out:
The unprecedented pre-order sales of Sarah Palin’s memoir, Going Rogue, have prompted numerous attempts to either explain, or dismiss, her popularity. Steve Schmidt, the chief strategist for the McCain campaign, pins his hopes for the future on Mrs. Palin…squarely between her shoulder blades, with a knife…
Schmidt adds, “The leadership of the party cannot be outsourced to the conservative-entertainment complex.” Oh, so that’s why zillions of people are pre-ordering her book – they’re hungry for entertainment. With any luck, Palin will throw in some recipes, and maybe a few sudoku puzzles. The sour grapes about Palin’s supposed inability to “expand her appeal beyond the base” are ludicrous. If the hardcore Republican base has become large enough to push an unwritten book to the top of the best-seller lists, 2010 is going to be even more unpleasant for the Democrats than I suspected. The last remaining Democrat senators will be able to carpool in the last remaining Saturn.
This is only somewhat indicative of the direction the piece takes, but it was just too good not to excerpt. For the rest, well, you know what you gotta do.
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