Laugh, you say? Look at the proof... When one describes Palin as the most powerful female politician on the planet, one inevitably gets eye rolls and suggestions that one regard one Hillary Clinton, the once and future inevitable president of the United States. The American Thinker piece has an answer to that objection. It is based on cold metrics. “Governor Palin endorses 22 candidates for various offices during the midterms finals including senators, governors, lt. governors, congressmen, and attorneys general. Of those so endorsed an incredible 20 were elected -- contrasted with, for example, Hillary Clintons record of 8 wins out 24 endorsed candidates.” 2014 also marked the year that, not for the first time, Palin’s political judgment proved to be superior to that of the current president. In 2008, when Russia’s Vladimir Putin was invading Georgia, Palin predicted that then Senator Obama’s indecision would be just the sort of thing that would encourage him to go after the Ukraine next. The foreign policy establishment ridiculed her for being a boob for suggesting such a thing. But, one can now ask, who is the boob and who the prophet? Palin is headed for the Iowa Freedom Summit in 2015, an event that is attracting almost every presumed candidate on the Republican side for president. Her presence there is fueling speculation of her own ambitions. She recently hinted that she was thinking of elected office again. On the other hand, she has been doing rather well as a king maker. Anyone at the summit would do well to kiss her ring and solicit her approval and advice. Mitt Romney failed to do so in 2012 and then lost the election. The current competitors would do well not to repeat that mistake.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 01:03:39 +0000