even though a great deal of people

don't see it as such, i see it as a portrait of an unraveling. she's not very bright by ANY means or standards and she's not very nice. she's not a realist (neither am i BUT i'm not the governor of a state or seeking some other public governmental type of service). she's closed minded. she's a fundamentalist. she obviously doesn't care about anyone other than her intimate circle (which seems to be getting smaller and smaller-because goddess help you if you disagree with her). yet, people STILL would vote for her.

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Palin’s Route to Resignation: Missteps and Ignored Advice
By JIM RUTENBERG and SERGE F. KOVALESKI
This article was reported by Jim Rutenberg from New York and Serge F. Kovaleski from Wasilla and Anchorage, Alaska. Jo Becker reported from New York and Kim Severson and William Yardley from Wasilla and Anchorage.

ANCHORAGE — In late March, a senior official from the Republican Governors Association headed for Alaska on a secret mission. Sarah Palin was beset by such political and personal turmoil that some powerful supporters determined an intervention was needed to pull her governorship, and her national future, back from the brink.

The official, the association’s executive director, Nick Ayers, arrived with a memorandum containing firm counsel, according to several people who know its details: Make a long-term schedule and stick to it, have staff members set aside ample and inviolable family time to replenish your spirits, and build a coherent home-state agenda that creates jobs and ensures re-election..............................