[Tupelo]

Not only showing herself to be prescient and qualified, but also showing she can and will make decisions. No dithering here. Decisions (right or wrong) are what separates Presidents from the Jimmy Carters and Barack 0bamas of this nation. As an aside, it also what also separates executives from Senators and Representatives.

[Ben Ficklin]

The Palin Doctrine is the NeoCon Doctrine.

NeoCon Randy Scheunemann has been Palin's foreign policy advisor since McCain assigned him the job of getting Palin up to speed on foreign policy.

The NeoCons originally perceived Palin to be the empty vessel from Alaska and if they could get her into the presidency, Palin would put them in charge of US foreign policy.

But since Palin went rogue on the NeoCons by endorsing O'Donnell for senate, the NeoCons have been gradually abandoning her.