Sarah Palin: Stronger Than Ever

I am not in the least surprised. There are several factors in politics but to simplify you have grassroots support and elite figures. Both sides often have a love hate relationship and the dynamic between the two can be found in either party although I would argue its more pronounced in GOP circles then in the Democrats. Palin has bedrock support from the people who do the work that gets people elected where as the elites in our party have been ambivalent if not hostile to the governor. Considering the horrendous nature of the attacks on her I cannot understand how any Republican in good conscience join in the frenzy of hatred. Does this mean elites have to support her? No its a free country and we all have the right to back up the nominee we believe will help the country. The latest hit piece on her from vanity fair (I will not link to it) is typical of the left-wing hatred salted with GOP elites attempting to curry favor with their buddies at the cocktail party has clearly backfired again. Every attack you can possibly imagine has been launched against this women and her family, and it has failed. This is not about policy, this is about power. If the media and the elites cannot prevent Palin from becoming President what does it say about their influence in the United States? Of course the media has a liberal bias, but they also want power and a Palin Presidency would be their ultimate defeat. Think of Obama as the reverse treatment of what Palin endured, of course in a perfect world an objective media would meet somewhere between the two of them and treat them both the same, but that media has died. Perhaps we are just witnessing the birth of a new breed of journalists less invested in Obama and liberalism, we shall see:
From Wapo:

After enduring months of derision within Republican circles for her role as the party's 2008 vice presidential nominee and her uneven performance as a national figure this year, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is experiencing something of a rebound among the D.C. chattering class in the 48 hours since the release of a very tough profile on her in Vanity Fair magazine.

In the wake of that piece -- a 9,800 word opus penned by Todd Purdum -- a number of operatives who worked closely with Palin during the 2008 campaign have reached out to the Fix to defend the governor.

"She's a fine person, with unique and unteachable political skills," said Mark Salter, a senior adviser to Sen. John McCain's (Ariz.) presidential bid who was deeply involved with the Palin pick. "I'm sure she has a future if she wants one."

Palin got a vote of confidence from Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele as well on Wednesday during an appearance on Fox & Friends.

"Sarah Palin will be a leader in this party," said Steele during an appearance Wednesday on "Morning Joe." "She has the ability to galvanize the base, and even folks outside the base. "And I think all the hindsight second guessing and back looking does nothing."

That sentiment -- boiled down to "enough is enough" -- seemed to be the prevalent opinion of Republicans in the aftermath of the Purdum piece, which contains a series of background quotes from former McCain-Palin operatives that suggest that the Alaska governor was fundamentally unfit for the job to which she aspired.

Palin will be the next President of the United States.