I agree that Palin’s star is on the wane. She also backed Tancredo at the last minute and he lost, too. Her very public backing of Wilson in Alaska sure didn’t help him much. In Alaska it appears that Murkowski is more popular than Palin. And polls in Alaska in the recent past have shown that a majority of Alaskans think she should not be president.
After the mistake Americans made in voting for Obama, they’re not likely to vote for another celebrity-type with a bloated ego, thin resume, and cult following.
In Pennsylvania, a heavily Democratic state where Democrats outnumber Republicans two-to-one, a no-nonsense, fiscally conservative Republican who promised that he would govern like Christie in New Jersey and McDonald in Virginia, won the governorship. The state legislature is now solidly Republican in both houses. Republican Pat Toomey defeated Joe Sestack, Obama’s second choice for Senate. Spectre was thrown out in the primary and he was Obama’s first choice.
All of this was accomplished without Palin or the tea party. In fact, if Palin had publically endorsed any of these Republicans it probably would have been a hindrance, not an advantage in my state. Palin is grossly overexposed in the media now and her popularity and supposed influence on the electorate have been grossly overstated. Enough of her.
Dead on the money West.