Finally a journalist who gets it spot on about Sarah Palin

Then she was drafted by McCain, sparking some indignation in the RNC.  She promptly charged the flailing campaign with her energy and her personality, attracting  huge numbers of people to GOP rallies, and most likely some new voters. But she got no support from the sclerotic RNC managers -- and the great fighter pilot couldn't shoot straight. Then he bailed out on her after the election, and she received no thanks for her valiant effort; not only was she simply dumped, but reviled and mocked by the insiders and elitists she had worked with.  

Post-election, repulsively hammered by the Democrats, abetted by her enemies  in the Alaskan GOP ranks, and their Eastern Beltway buddies, she has pressed on, in ways that none of them ever would have anticipated.

Should anybody be surprised that she would have nothing but contempt for the party whose key figures continue to question her competence  and ability to govern? That she has publicly disowned them, pledged to work outside them? She owes the Republican organization nothing.  She not only knows that she does not need them to gain a strong voter segment, but that they would hang her high if she remained in the fold.  

This excerpt is from a brilliant article on the phenomenon that is Sarah Palin.

Eloquent and blisteringly candid. For mine, the article of the year.

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