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. . . when it comes to policy, she had two-and-a-half years to school herself and she hasn't and that's a problem . . .

Before you flame me for agreeing, please read my last few hundred posts, almost all of which have been strongly pro-Palin. When Palin announces (not "if"), I will donate the maximum legal amount to her campaign. When she announces, I will work for her campaign every moment that I can spare, and I will do everything I can to make that as much time as possible, consistent with the needs of my family, work is not an issue since I can take the year off, but family comes first. When she announces, I will devote several hours each day to posting pro-Palin comments on news sites and discussion boards to present her positions in context and promote thoughtful consideration of her pro-freedom, pro-America, pro-responsibility positions.

That said, I think Krauthammer has, probably by accident, hit a valid point. It really is not enough to know the right thing, which Sarah knows. Given the sophistication of the evil we face, our leader must know the strategies of the other side. Sarah really does have to study policy in its current form to learn how the far left fringe uses the machinery of the system to wear us down and score a win even when most of America opposes their agenda.

I'd like to see Sarah spend two or three hours a day for a week or more, reading a current textbook on social policy or educational policy and discussing the contents with her family and advisers. It will make her blood boil, but it will make her a more capable leader. At best we will have eight years with her as the leader of the free world, and I want her as ready as possible before that clock starts ticking. I want her prepared, not only to do the right things as decisions come to her desk, but also to reach out into the monster that our government has become and bring policy back under control. How does Krauthammer know she hasn't done this, and why do I assume he is right? Krauthammer doesn't know for sure, but I have seen no signs of such study on her part, and I believe those who have studied policy would have seen the signs. If she's sandbagging, holding back that knowledge, then I am impressed. Otherwise, she needs to make sure she knows what Krauthammer is talking about, because he has a point.

Well said! Well said, Professor!

Do you think they held Reagan to the same “schooling” standards when he ran for POTUS? I can’t recall lack of knolwedge on foreign policy as a campagin issue, and being an actor and Eureka college grad is not exactly schooling for the governorship or WH.

Not flaming you at all. I agree with what you are saying. The question is...are you sure she’s NOT doing this now?

Good commentary that straddles the pro and anti-Palin arguments. However, we're making the assumption that Krauthammer is absolutely correct in his assertion that Sarah Palin has not educated ('schooled') herself on the intricacies of U.S. foreign policy and the basis of those policies. I do not believe that is necessarily so. Sarah Palin must be well aware that in a presidential (or primary) campaign, she'll be asked tough questions about foreign policy, especially if the leftmedia believe she is 'weak' in that area. If she stumbles, she'll be effectively hooted off the stage by the left and the RINO faction of the GOP that vehemently oppose her.

I don't believe that a few Facebook posting on foreign policy issues by Sarah Palin are the sum of her knowledge on these subjects. Aside from that contention, the fact remains that all presidents surround themselves with foreign policy advisors, usually people who have spent the entire careers in this field and know what they're talking about. President Bush did this. His book about his presidency ('Decision Points') makes this unambiguously clear. It's axiomatic that a 'President Palin' would do likewise. I can easily see a John Bolton as a major source of foreign policy counsel for Palin.

I recall that during the 2000 presidential campaign a TV reporter, hostile to George W. Bush and eager to pin the 'dummy' label on him (even then) asked him if he knew the names of the president of one or two tiny, remote Third-world nations. Bush did not and the reporter smugly assumed that he had made his point. However, he was roundly criticized for playing a lame 'gotcha'! game and as we all know, Bush was elected, anyway. Just some food for thought.

Wait...

Reading a book...makes u a great leader?

Damn why didn’t we think about that earlier!

Sorry. I can't agree with your assessment.

Do you really believe after all she's been through she doesn't know how the “far left fringe uses the machinery of the system to wear us down and score a win even when most of America opposes their agenda”?

Is there anyone alive today that has had more direct experience with that than her?

And to assume we have any real clue of how she's spending her personal time is just foolish. She knows how to keep a secret.

When she publicly makes her case we'll know and can judge her then.

Now is not the time. It only plays into the MSM’s hands to reinforce the image of a country bumpkin that they've tried so hard to paint her as to the public. Krauthammer is a part of the MSM trying to paint that picture and has been all along.