Palin: ‘Keep on honking; I’m reloading’

by Colleen O'Connor

I told you so.

On July 6, I dubbed Sarah Palin’s resignation as Governor of Alaska, a “brilliant political move.”

Willie Brown, the former Mayor of San Francisco, was one of the few liberals who agreed.

Yes, it was about money, about going onto a larger stage than Alaska, and about keeping options open.

But, it was also about upending traditional insider politics and the mainstream media that covers them. Thus far, Palin, once considered a sideshow in American politics, is drawing a more devoted constituency than the three-ring circus in Washington, D.C.

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