I watched her interview last night and even re-watched parts just to re-affirm my first impression.  I liked it. A lot. This is a bit long-winded, and I apologize in advance, but sometimes I just need to let it out…

I read a lot of comments last night at C4P about this interview. Many were fine, but a couple were disturbing to me.  They were along the lines of complete and utter disappointment that she would side with Newt in ONE state’s primary because of his character/political flaws…and that because she did, they were done with their support. I read someone’s impression (either there or on twitter, can’t remember) too, of confusion that she was so quick to endorse the more conservative candidate in 2010, why not now? (In other words, why not Santorum over Gingrich.)  What people do NOT understand:
1) This is a presidential election, one with our great nation at a crossroads, NOT one of many congressional races…BIG DIFFERENCE (And if someone can’t see the difference with that alone, I do question their common sense.)

2) It is clear to anyone who was watching this last night, and not merely going off of what others said about it, that she wants the person best situated to slow Romney’s takeover of the field.  If you take all the interviews she has done in the past four weeks, please count how many times she has said positive things about Romney, without being specifically asked. She simply does not want this process to be this “easy” for him…”Steel sharpens steel”.  So she told it like she saw it last night: if SHE were a South Carolinian, SHE would vote for Gingrich in an effort to even this field back out and allow for more time to vet these candidates. It really is that simple.

Now, I love Gov. Palin. I will support her and her family in whatever they do in the future. I think she is a great American hero who has been pounded on from day one.  And, I would love to see her run for President, either in 2012 as a surprise or beyond, because she truly is the best person for the job.  Whomever she endorses or supports, I will look at realistically.  I can’t say for sure if I’d support that person ultimately because like 70% of her other supporters, I’m pretty independent myself. (And this is one of the reasons I think she will hold off completely endorsing, because she knows this.)  But if she decides to support one from this group ultimately, and it doesn’t happen to be someone I like all that much, it doesn’t change my support of her. She, like the rest of us, is choosing from an imperfect field of candidates.

Good morning, all!

Well, the Obama administration is going to reject the Keystone Pipeline which would have provided tons of jobs and greater energy security. I guess he’d rather have oil from places like Iran, Venezuela, and Nigeria than an ally like Canada. The Greenies who are complaining about the pipeline don’t seem to care that the oil is going to be developed then shipped to China–a process that probably creates more pollution than the pipeline.

It shows that Governor Palin has successfully negotiated a pipeline deal and has passed 3 full year budgets, something President Obama has done. I still completely respect her decision not to run, but these kind of issues show why she would be so formidable.

Regarding the Mitt opposition research file, I remember running across on one of the PDSers websites the oppo research file the Dems kept on Governor Palin when she was in office that the PDSers site released right around the time she ran for VP. Reading her file gave me more reason to respect her. I can’t say the same for Mitt.
 

Obama kills Keystone pipe line…..What a great President…not…The hell with jobs when you can please enviromental wackos.. Unemployment out of sight…debt crisis…and Dumbo votes present.