Who knows if Sarah Palin is running?
One thing we do know for sure is that her bus is running. Thats right, if you see an over-size copy of the US Constitution speeding down Main St. in your town then chances are the Mama Grizzly is headed your way.
Sarah Palin has the media in a stirred frenzy over where she will stop next. I'm still not convinced if she knows where she's going next. She has even resorted to childhood hide and seek, putting the big bus in one area of a hotel parking lot and sneaking off to Gettysburg through another door. (now thats "lamestream")
This isn't presidential politics as we have come to know it, but its Palin politics. And my opinion is, as much as I hate to say it, we had better get used to it.
Lets face it, Sister Sarah had pizza with Donald Trump yesterday, and I can assure you they weren't exchanging beauty tips.
Palin appears to be doing one of two things. The first option is that she's whipping the media attention with her calculated whisk to boost book sales, donations to here PAC and the Palin brand as a whole. This option is perfectly plausible considering how self absorbed Sarah is. She's made her money post governorship by plastering her name to anything or anyone who breathes Ronald Regan conservatism and TV camera nearby.
There's no doubt in my mind that Palin wants more than a NYT Best Seller. Like her or not, shes got ambition...and a big bus.
Thats why, to me, the second option seems more plausible. All this hoop-la is precursor to Sarah Palin's 2012 Presidential run. Why? ...glad you asked...
Even the former Alaskan Governor is smart enough to see that the field of candidates on the Republican side is...well...boring. Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney aren't exactly the kind of people who pack campaign stops with throngs of faithful voters.
Sarah Palin, can and will still do that though. Her negatives are high, and that will certainly hurt her, but like her or not she has a segment of faithful followers ready to reach into their pockets, donate, work and vote for Sarah Palin.
She can be the Mike Huckabee of '08 only stronger, and with the money to go the distance. With Huck bowing out of a 2012 run, Palin can make a strong case for his segment of the voting public and lets face it, the people who show up at the polls are died in the wool conservatives, with no compromise.
Those are the people Sarah Palin inspires. For all the flaws level headed progressives like myself see in her, they see a hero.
If the Mama Grizzly can re-capture the magic she had in 2008 when John McCain introduced her to the world, that bus you see riding through your town just might be carrying the next GOP nominee.
If she runs, her message to the establishment will be get on or get out of the way. If she runs, I bet she wins the nod.
Those are all big "if's" that have all of us following a big bus.
