The nation is gripped in an arctic blast.

Frozen in place, with wind chill readings of 50 degrees and below.

And I’m not talking about the weather.

I’m talking about politics.

The reign of “cool” has suddenly lost its appeal. (Emphasis added)

And just recently according to the Christian Science Monitor, Palin has accepted an invite to be the “keynote” speaker at the first annual, Tea Party Convention; while rejecting the more traditional CPAC conference because it is “a forum that will place “special interests over core beliefs” and “pocketbook over policy.”

In summary, since her resignation as Gov. Palin is richer, more popular, more admired and consistently more loudly cheered for stiff-arming health care, the press and most incumbent politicians.  Hers is the populist politics of righteous rage.

A little tardy, the White House is now studiously trying to ignore Palin, rather than bury her with ridicule.  (Emphasis added)

Even the New York Times columnist and consistent Palin detractor David Brooks grudgingly calls the Palin-friendly Tea Party movement, “a major force in American politics.”

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Even after admitting that the tea party movement is now more popular than either major party, and that independent voters would support the tea party candidate over either the Democrat or the Republican (33 percent, 25 percent and 12 percent respectively), Brooks still misses the point.  (Emphasis added)

Bylabeling the chattering glitterati, “the educated class,” and the Tea Party fans, the “against” people, he continues to display his “inside the beltway” ignorance of, and disdain for, the genuine pain and outrage in this country.

Aghast that the “educated class” could be so despised, Brooks fails to address the obvious question: “Why would anyone follow the leaders, of the still clueless group, that created this mess?”

Palin doesn’t.  She blows back at their every misstep - honing her communicative skills while increasing her audience.  (Emphasis added)

The more the press and the “educated class” demean her, the more powerful the wind at her back.

Only time will tell whether Palin’s wind is a short-lived, fierce dust-up - called a Sirocco - or a multi-year event of increasingly inclement weather, called the La Niña.

And no one can predict the consequences of such climate change.

Meanwhile, Palin is clearly the “Captain and Commander” of her own ship.  Which chart she follows and whether the winds hold, only fate will tell.

But for important clues, watch the Weather Channel.

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Well written article.  The winds have indeed shifted and it just may be a huge change in weather pattern!!  I like the title of this article. It is quite fitting.

Can you just imagine this line in an ad?

"You want just a cool dude or a solid performer who can reduce the government?"

I hope the FOX News thing becomes the real honing of this true diamond in the rough.