Jake Tapper
Tapper worked for Powell Tate, a Washington, DC, public relations firm run by Sheila Tate and Jody Powell, and Handgun Control Inc.
Washington correspondent for Salon.com from 1999 to 2002
He is the author of the book Down and Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency on the 2000 Presidential election
Tapper broke a number of stories including then-Governor George W. Bush’s controversial trip to Bob Jones University during the 2002 presidential campaign.
Sarah is front and center now and everyone is checking the details just like always happens when someone new comes on the scene.
Jake gets the story and works with facts, not bizarre distortions of the facts. The story is significant, but frankly like everyone else, it just is another check mark in her favor. She became a Republican and cleaned house rather than sucking up to the most vile creatures for "power." This is the act of an adult who actually desires to get something done and not just tilt at windmills.
You will notice she switched to the Republican's when the conservatives moved into power as Republicans in Alaska.
The AIP lost its power and energy because its stars and worker bees became Republicans. Why did this happen. Think Newt Gingrich and the 1994 election that changed the direction of the Republican party for a time. This is why Sarah could move into the Republican party and have support from the folks that came from AIP at her back to shake up and clean out the old guard who had accepted back seat for so many years.