Eugene Robinson is a fine columnist for the Washington Post who mostly leans quite obviously to the left. He supports Obama. But, he's noticed some things about Sarah Palin that we should all note. Here's an excerpt and a link to his keenly insightful, and I think prescient, column:
"I thought Palin was a lightweight; she's not. I thought she was an ingenue; she is, but only as long as her claws are sheathed. I thought she was bewildered and star-struck at her sudden elevation to national prominence; if she ever was, she isn't anymore. I thought she was nothing but raw political talent and unrealistic ambition; it turns out that she has impressive political skills. I thought she was destined to become nothing more than a historical footnote; I now think that Democrats underestimate her at their peril."
And he goes on to say, "Palin's brief record as governor of Alaska, however, doesn't really display the ideological rigidity she has shown on the campaign trail. I suspect that in the coming years she will rediscover the flexibility and pragmatism that have made her a genuinely popular governor...
"Ignorance isn't the same thing as stupidity. When Palin talks about economic policy these days, her sentences don't meander into the Twilight Zone the way they once did...:"
Read the whole column at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103003755.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter