Quote of the Day

[Sarah] Palin helped move the Republican party from Country First, the slogan of [her] 2008 [vice presidential] campaign, to America First, a brittle, bitter politics that had little interest in even the appearance of higher callings or self-sacrifice. It’s little wonder that, with her political style ascendant in her party, she would want to re-enter the political arena. The real question now is whether she can capture attention in a party that has not only adopted her style but continued to evolve in an ever-more [extreme] direction.

– Nicole Hemmer
Excerpted from “The Mirror-Image Careers of Sarah Palin
and Donald Trump Are On a Collision Course
CNN Opinion
August 18, 2022

Related Off-site Links:
Sarah Palin Advances to November’s General Election for Alaska's House Seat – Henry J. Gomez (NBC News, August 17, 2022).
Lisa Murkowski Advances in Alaska Senate Race, Sarah Palin in House – Becky Bohrer (Associated Press News, August 17, 2022).
Sarah Palin Is Attempting a Comeback in Alaska, But Her Star Has Dimmed at Home – Liz Ruskin (NPR News, April 18, 2022).

UPDATES: Could Sarah Palin Have Cost the GOP a House Seat? – Aaron Blake (The Washington Post, August 19, 2022).
Democrat Defeats Sarah Palin, Flips Congressional Seat to Blue – Becky Bohrer (AP News, August 31, 2022).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Sarah Palin’s “Theocratic Fascist" Affiliations”
• The Shadow Is Real
• Sarah Palin and the Rove-Cheney Cabal
• It Won’t Last
• “Clichés and Tired Attack Lines”
• All Those Community Organizers? Who Needs Them!

Image: Republican U.S. House candidate and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin speaks as former president Donald Trump looks on at a rally last month. Palin was in two elections on Tuesday, August 16. She was one of three candidates in a special election vying to fill the remainder of U.S. Rep. Don Young’s term after he died in March. She was also in the U.S. House primary, seeking a full two-year term. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)