Matt Labash, a longtime writer for the Weekly Standard, said that because of Palin’s frequent appeals to victimhood and group grievance, “She’s becoming Al Sharpton, Alaska edition.”…
Asked if the GOP would remain the party of ideas if Palin captures the nomination, Will said: “The answer is emphatically no.” (Related: Liberals like Palin candidacy)
Columnist Charles Krauthammer, without talking about Palin specifically, noted that “there’s healthy and unhealthy populism” and there is concern about the rise of the latter…
Does Palin care about what conservative commentators say about her? So far, the answer would appear to be no…
[Labash] said there are elements of Palin’s persona that he found appealing – including a “gameness to do just about anything.”
But, Labash added: “The downside is her gameness to do just about anything – including co-starring with Kate Gosselin on a dopey reality show. And when she does such things, and is inevitably attacked for it, that’s when you see Palinism really fall down as a political approach, as the cocked-fist self-pity and whining set in.”
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