'Just Drill, Baby'
Alaska's governor Sarah Palin - mentioned as a possible running mate for John McCain sent a letter to Harry Reid telling him what needed to be done as far as helping to solve the energy crisis. In effect, she told the senator - "Just Drill, Baby:"
Governor Sarah Palin today urged members of Congress to enact legislation that would allow oil and gas development in a small portion* of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Snip) Governor Palin stressed the need to enact an energy policy that includes oil and gas production from domestic sources...
[* = 1/10 of 1% of ANWR's area - only a fraction of it in turn actually involved in oil extraction]
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
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The interesting dynamic here is that Palin transforms what are portrayed as negative aspects of McCain (old, crumudgeonly etc.) into positive aspects (grandfatherly, kindly). In other words the team “McCain/Palin” is much much more — they fit together like “ying/yang”. A perfect package.
Palin’s appearance on Larry Kudlow last night is a hint of that, where Palin says she’ll convince McCain on ANWR drilling. So, McCain is the old and steady yet he mixes with his grandaughter, Palin, who keeps him “hip” and “cool”. Another aspect of the dynamic is McCain is pre-computer/pre-internet whereas Palin is a very very active hi-tech user of computers, blackberries, etc. I think in a McCain/Palin campaign as well as a McCain/Palin White House, you are going to see a lot of them together, and Palin is going to be a very very active, powerful and “in the news” VP — of course lining her up to become President in 2012.
Palin, indeed, is a very fortunate happening to the otherwise moribound GOP.
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