Post by dgriffin on Sept 22, 2009 19:25:30 GMT -5
The London Times
If Sarah Palin can stand the heat, her star may be on the rise
"In the business of political brand-building there is nothing like a sustained early blizzard of publicity, and nothing delivers that like being the star of a presidential campaign. Second, the field is thin. No one in her party can match her for both name recognition and what Hollywood calls heat. Third, as a politician she is a lightweight and a liability, but also clever."
"She runs. She loses. She quits. It turns out that she then sits on the sofa watching telly in her pyjamas. Whatever she does, or doesn’t do, 11 months after failing to heave John McCain into the White House Sarah Palin still commands the rapt attention of people who love her, people who love to hate her and people who love a good story. "
MORE AT:
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article6820056.ece
