I’m a huge Palin fan, but thought the speech was just OK. And the crowd WAS dead. There were a few times she tried to tell a joke and the C-Span cameras focused on people who looked like they would rather be anywhere else.
One more thing we need to do in the Republican primary is to move some more conservative state in the front of Iowa presidential primary.
Uh...many in the crowd were “establishment” types and many Iowans are not known to be the rambunctious kinds that get all excited, it was well received according to the interviews of those who attended, Carl Cameron of Foxnews reported that as well as the Des Moina paper that talked to people....it was a good speech, it was different than other speeches she had giving, but it was a much needed speech on coming together as one, Joe Klein is a hack that tries to stir up things.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100918/NEWS09/9180330/Palin-pumps-up-Iowa-party-faithful
“It was her first solo political appearance in Iowa since campaigning in the state two years ago as the 2008 Republican nominee for vice president. And it marked the biggest Ronald Reagan Dinner in the event’s nine-year history.
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The biggest crowd for this event didn’t want to be there, yeah right