Sarah Palin begins to build her network of advisors

Texas for Palin ^ | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 | Josh Painter

[meadsjn]

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Sarah Palin begins to build her network of advisors

Politico's Ben Smith reports:

Randy Scheunemann, has emerged as an advisor to former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as she attempts to build a serious public profile and begins to build a network of aides and advisors typical of a national politician.

Scheunemann confirmed this evening that he's with Palin in Hong Kong, where she is delivering a paid speech at a conference hosted by the brokerage house CLSA, which has in the past heard keynotes from Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

Rich Lowry recounts how the McCain campaign eventually split over their vice presidential candidate, with the communications team mostly dissing Palin, while Steve Biegun, Randy Scheunemann and other policy advisors supported her. Scheunemann was one of Sarah Palin's staunchest defenders within the McCain camp, and he nearly lost his job because of it:

Steve Schmidt has told people [Randy Scheunemann] was fired the last week of the campaign; Scheunemann says he wasn't fired; others say Schmidt tried to fire him (at one point cutting off his e-mail) but was over-ruled by [campaign manager Rick] Davis. (Scheunemann's offense was writing an email to Bill Kristol defending Palin and criticizing the handling of her.)

Also helping out with former Governor Palin's Hong Kong speech, according to Smith, were Dan Blumenthal and Kim Daniels.

Blumenthal is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he has worked on the national security implications of U.S.-Sino relations and coordinates the Tocqueville on China project, which examines the underlying civic culture of post-Mao China. Blumentahl has also served as commissioner and former vice chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, where he directed efforts to monitor, investigate, and provide recommendations on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the two countries. He had previously held the position of senior director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia in the Secretary of Defense's Office of International Security Affairs.

Daniels, an attorney with the Thomas More Law Center in Washington, penned an excellent op-ed for NRO in 2003 presenting the case for confirming Miguel Estrada to the D.C. Court of Appeals, but the Democrats would not allow a conservative and well-qualified Hispanic such as Estrada to be seated on the court. Apparently, wise Latinas and Latinos are acceptable only if they steer to the port side of the ship of state.

- JP
Posted by Josh Painter at 9:00 PM
Labels: advisors, china, clsa, dan blumenthal, palin, sarah, sarah palin

[Josh Painter]

Kim Daniels wrote in favor of confirming Miguel Estrada to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2003:

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjA1ZjM0MGUxZmNkMGVlZGQ4ZTFlOTU0MDI3YTQwYzk=

Daniels is a lawyer with the Thomas More Law Center — “a not-for-profit public interest law firm dedicated to the defense and promotion of the religious freedom of Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life.”

http://www.thomasmore.org/qry/page.taf?id=14

- JP

[SolidWood]

Thanks!

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Wow, she really took EVERYONE to the woodshed, Rats, Republicans, and the ChiComs too.

[Jeff Head]

"See, in order to be self-sufficient (we) must be allowed to develop, to drill and build and climb to fulfill our promise! We can not start believing that government is the answer. It can’t make you happy or healthy or wealthy or wise. What can? It is the wisdom of the people and our families and our small businesses and industrious individuals. And it is God’s grace helping those who help themselves." - Sarah Palin, July 26, 2009

Sarah has now the left, the DNC, the MSM and the RINOs all in a frenzy wondering what her next move will be...and has them frothing at the mouth in their efforts to discredit her.

But Sarah is now going around the country and the world giving speeches and promoting conservatie principles in the midst of the Obama administration disaster...and gaining great political capital in the process. She will support conservative candidates in 2010 and help them win, amassing much more political capital. She will then take all of that and make an awesome, stunning, and successful run for the Presidency in 2012.

MANY MORE STICKER DESIGNS HERE

"...like that grizzly guards her cubs, as a mother naturally guards her own. I will keep that vow wherever the road may lead." - Sarah Palin, July 26, 2009

SARAH PALIN STANDING IN THE BREACH

[Ben Ficklin]

I don't mean to point the finger at you or single you out, because you are not the only one on Palin's ardent supporters that confuse me on this. I'm wondering if you can clear it up for me.

On this thread you indicate you have an aversion to the NeoCon foreign policy doctrine.

OTOH, the above article, and numerous other articles published thru-out 2009, indicates that Palin is willingly being drawn into the NeoCon fold.

How do you square that?

[Outlaw Woman]

jla....Thank you so much for alerting me (us). It couldn’t happen at a better time either; The contrast between her and the fascist in office now is going to become so glaringly clear. She WILL win the hearts and the minds of Americans. I truly hope this is the beginning because she (and the Joe Wilsons and those that FOLLOW/BELIEVE) in the Constitution are needed NOW.

[ConservativeWarrior]

Sarah only needs 166,000 more to be #1 on Facebook, and her numbers are increasing at double the rate of Obama’s. She should reach that in about two weeks.

I just signed on as a facebook supporter of Sarah. When I searched for the group, it came up listing 894,952 supporters. I joined the group, then went back and refreshed the search results. Her number of supporters had actually decreased to 894,950.

What's up with that?

[wardaddy]

lol..

[meadsjn]

Her number of supporters had actually decreased

You might have just caught it while the mods were purging trolls.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Still not sure how she is going to spin the quitter aspect.

She doesn't have to spin it because it doesn't exist, only in the minds of her rabid detractors.

A "quitter" doesn't get 1,000 speaking invitations, continuous media coverage, and be at the top of hypothetical presidential matchups.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Thanks for the PING. So far, I don’t see anything that indicates Palin is a neo-con on foreign policy. What I see in her is a traditional Reagan foreign policy of being tough on our enemies without all the nation-building and spreading democracy.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Wow, looks like Sarah is finally free to be herself, without ties to McCain’s campaign or being weighed down by her governorship. She is free to speak her mind without fear of lawsuits and vicious attacks by the left and the state media.

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

Your initial comment is clear evidence of the small-minded anti-conservative destructivness that characterize many (but not all) Palin supporters. It is a sure-lose strategy. Way to go.

[WVKayaker]

Your initial comment is clear evidence of the small-minded anti-conservative destructivness that characterize many ...

As opposed to the snotty remarks of those who think they are the only true conservative definer... but have nobody electable. Right! Clear evidence, indeed!

Are we to assume that you are the arbiter? Trolling on Palin threads is a sure-lose strategy, from my vantage point. YMMV.

Sarah Palin is up to 897,575 supporters on FaceBook this morning.

... That is why, even during this time of financial distress we need to maintain a strong defense. All government spending should undergo serious scrutiny. No programs or agencies should be automatically immune from cuts. We need to go back to fiscal discipline and unfortunately that has not been the view of the current Administration. They’re spending everywhere and with disregard for deficits and debts and our future economic competitiveness. Though we are engaged in two wars and face a diverse array of threats, it is the defense budget that has seen significant program cuts and has actually been reduced from current levels! ... - excerpt from Sarah in Hong Kong