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Posted on 11/06/2008 1:51:27 PM PST by jerry557
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – After two months sharpening her conservative rhetoric on the U.S. presidential campaign trail, Gov. Sarah Palin returned to Alaska a star in the Republican party, but weakened at home where people had known her as more centrist.
Palin's "pit bull" campaign persona and her strident pitches to the conservative base of the Republican Party were a stark contrast to her nonpartisan, populist style as governor, leaving raw feelings among some Alaskans, experts said.
As speculation of a presidential run in 2012 builds, an editorial in Thursday's Anchorage Daily News asked which Palin will return to Alaska: the pragmatic centrist who was wildly popular at home or the highly partisan politician who drew huge crowds to campaign rallies across the United States?
"Her obligations as governor point her in one direction. Her national ambitions point her in another," the Anchorage Daily News said in an editorial.
Prior to joining Republican presidential candidate John McCain on the ticket, Palin boasted the highest approval rating of any U.S. governor, winning favor with her tough stance toward oil companies and championing a handsome payout to all Alaskans as a windfall from high oil prices.
Palin returns to an Alaska where oil prices are less than half the record highs that padded the state treasury with surpluses and where critics have launched various ethics probes alleging misuse of public funds and abuse of power.
This week, a state panel cleared Palin of wrongdoing in the abuse-of-power investigation.
She first ruffled some feathers in her introductory speech on August 29, when she claimed credit for killing the notorious "Bridge to Nowhere" - a contradiction of her past support for the project and her claim, during the 2006 gubernatorial race, that the nickname for the proposed bridge was insulting.
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She does not strike me as the caving in type. Go Sarah!
Yahoo news should change its name to Yay-Hoo News.
True - but this hit job ain’t going to work unless conservatives like us forget her.
Palin should be the first Presidential candidate on a new party ticket in 2012. Perhaps a Popularist Party?
NOW the mainstream media discovers her history of bipartisanship, achievements, and high approval ratings in Alaska...
Second toilet on the right, first floor...
“experts said.”
What the heck could that possibly mean? And why would her own state be flustered by a 2 month campaign that made hera super star? They quote a newspaper editorial. Total BS.
How about, she retuned to her home state, where she is popular? Period.
Leave her alone.
She did what she could.
Dear Sarah,
While I don’t think you’re ready for the White House, you are certainly ready for the Governorship of Ohio. Please move here and help to instill conservatism back into a conservative state overtaken by RINOs and Socialists.
PS There are 8 presidents from Ohio.
I will never forget the hateful website directed at her and her family by the left.
Her treatment was abonimable.
The MSM will try to continue to destroy her because they know that she is a VIABLE candidate in 2012 to unseat the Chosen One.
Not worth reading.
“...experts said...”
I’m an expert, and I wasn’t asked. }:>)
I guess the MSM wants to make sure they destroy her completely...
to the MSM
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expletive expletive expletive!!!
The woman has an 80% approval rating. Where did this guy find the Dems to bash her?
In other words they have nothing showing her with lower approval ratings but are really hoping
Ah, yes. The old “experts said” line.
The typical MSM way of trying to add validity to their hit pieces.
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How can we strike back at the MSM, hit them where it hurts?
That’s easy - don’t buy MSM advertising - that’s where they get their money.
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