Which means she will be at an enormous disadvantage. I know how much people love her, but she’s got a steep climb ahead of her, even if SHE wants to run again, and who knows. She may not want to put her family through it again. I wouldn’t.
Methinks she and her family are made of pretty sturdy stock.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke
If she runs (I hope she does and her God fearing family probably sees it as a high moral mission) then when it comes to interviews Sarah needs to insist that she has hew own camera crew filming for "quality assurance" (as the standard canned message used when calling a customer service line) or demand a Sunday morning show format of no editing. The media will howl but I believe that come 2010 and beyond the media scene is going to be a little different as the internet spawns new "networks" that will get the interview because they will be actually practicing journalism.
I wouldn't have done it the first time, not for McCain, but having been through it once I can see going for the second time. What are they going to do? All the "professional-level media" reporting has been done.
They have already discussed whether her teenage daughter looked a little chubby in the tummy two years ago. Real class - attacking a rather cute teenage girl for being "fat" compared with the anorexic look that libs love.
They have discussed whether her oldest son is a druggie and whether her youngest should have been aborted. Again, lib class. "Choice" is only good when you make the right choice, the one supported by eugenics. Kill "imperfect" babies - that's what liberal "choice" is all about.
They have discussed whether she is the real mother of her baby and whether her husband is the real father. Some are still asking for DNA tests.
They have scrubbed the Internet for swimsuit pictures of the Governor.
There is nothing new that the media can do in their unbiased effort to report "all the news that's fit to print". Or maybe there is, but I'm not as sleazy as NYT professionals, so I haven't thought of it.
I'd say Round Two will be a comparative cakewalk in terms of viciousness. It'll still be unfair, but it'll be more subtle and thoughtful than the insane attacks we saw last year.