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The Grand Ol' People Party

10:46 AM, Sep 2, 2008 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI
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Patrick Ruffini: "Palin as #2 represents the triumph of Apolitical America in Presidential politics in extremis. Elitists on both sides are asking 'Who is this woman?' To them, Palin is the ultimate arriviste, having leapfrogged several more-pedigreed candidates on the Republican side, and offending the Democratic sensibility that the Presidency is something you arrive at mostly through long study in Senate hearing rooms and law libraries.

"This is why I ultimately think the attacks on Palin will backfire. As the Politico notes, everything about her life experience reinforces the narrative that she is not an all-consumming political animal, and has an active family life. That is not a bad place to be with the electorate."

I'd change the word "elitists" to "elites." After all, not all elites are elitist. But otherwise Ruffini is on to something here.

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