...” Maybe it’s just the Alaskan lifestyle”....
Well I do think that comes into play very much with the “Palin Way” so to speak. It’s rough country out there and I think the people have to have a tough exterior to handle it. This will naturally play over into the media spots etc. they’re in.
That does also attract certain individuals of like kind I think...and they certainly hit home with the grass roots in our nation at first. Many of which can relate.
I too can put on that rough exterior if I need to...but rare I find myself in such a place to need to do so. I think also they are like country folk here...I was raised in the country but a “Townie”...and kids did draw a line between the farm boys and the kids in town...all the way throughout High School as well.
The Governor and her family are still popular and influential with Christians and conservatives, the grass roots that make up the ta party and conservatism.
Governor Palin is the most influential republican in America.
That is why Senator Cruz says that she made him a Senator.