The Phenomena of Sarah Palin

Governor Sarah Palin is a phenomena (similar to Barack Obama). Popular opinion may skew a different perception but since announcing her candidacy for the Republican VP ticket - Sarah Palin continues to ruffle feathers (including Matt Damon's). I attribute this to fear. People are threatened by fear (i.e. Xenophobia) and if her impact was truly negligible, she would be ignored, much like Joe Biden. P.S. I'm an Obama supporter because I support his policies (albeit a bit extreme).

Commentary: The Sarah Palin Smear-Fest

"She has no experience!"

It's fair to assume that Barack Obama believed he was qualified to be in the White House when he announced he was running for president. At that point, he had been a U.S. Senator for 767 days. When Sarah Palin was announced as a vice presidential candidate, she had been the governor of Alaska for 634 days.

While I'm sure those extra 133 days were filled with personal discovery, I can't imagine anyone seriously trying to make the case that Obama is experienced and Palin isn't.

Unless, of course, you're Matt Damon, who said a Palin presidency would be a really "scary thing" because she has been "governor of Alaska for...for less than two years!" (Damon originally expressed his presidential preference for Obama in December 2006, when he had been a senator for less than two years.)

More importantly, Palin's career has been filled with executive experience. She's the only one of the four in this race who has run a business, town, and/or state (a state that gives her crucial energy experience in the middle of an energy crisis).

When Obama's campaign complains that Palin would be one heartbeat away from the presidency, they should consider that their candidate would be zero heartbeats away. (Read More)

Source: CNN

ABC News Interview with Charlie Gibson
Sarah Palin on Environment, Energy Policy
Sarah Palin on Foreigh Policy
Sarah Palin on God and War