The Fire In Her Belly

The Fire In Her Belly: "Tuesday night on Hannity, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin exhibited some of that fire. It’s sure to give the existing Republican presidential field no shortage of heartburn. She was strongly combative in the face of ridiculous slurs, and not merely those leveled at her, but also those aimed at Tea Party patriots and even talk radio hosts. Her message was clear and concise: “Enough is enough!” Indeed, her words reverberated with with passion for this fight. Sarah Palin seems intent upon taking up the fight against the entrenched establishment with a vigor that no other prospect of national political prominence is willing to do.

This facet of Governor Palin’s attitude is what Americans have been hoping to see from any of the other presidential prospects in the GOP. Instead, what they’ve seen is an increasingly invisible and tepid lot of weakly-mumbled remarks in lukewarm defense of the Tea Party, and conservatism. This is the most significant distinction between Sarah Palin’s electability and that of the other Republican candidates: Governor Palin has the unique capability to energize crowds, move people to rally"