Palin

Ikes.  I am one to normally shy away from witnessing things that cause discomfit.  For example, couldn’t watch the Palin-Couric interview, the Sanford press conference, etc., but I had to tune into the Palin resignation press conference, and I’m sure I share the sentiment of all when I say my reaction was… “Wow.”

The pundits are predictably finding analytical nuggets from her speech that leave me scratching my head. The weirdest of all is the idea that her critics finally forced her from the stage. Nobody I know, who wasn’t a fan of hers, wanted to “force her from the stage,” indeed, they and I were hoping that she is the candidate.  From Reagan, Gingrich, to Bush 43, she is the natural result of Republicanism’s evolutionary arc over the last 30-something years.

In any case, the whole discussion is moot anyways, since I’m sure that we’ll still have Palin to kick around plenty more in the future.