Could Sarah Palin please suspend all further interviews?

Clearly, I don’t get the political allure of Sarah Palin.  So I’m going to ask her defenders — what positive leadership or political attributes did she display in this interview?      Clearly, I need the expertise of the Palinphiles, because I’ve come to the conclusion that Campbell Brown is dead wrong. 

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast.

Clearly, I don't get the political allure of Sarah Palin.  So I'm going to ask her defenders -- what positive leadership or political attributes did she display in this interview?      Clearly, I need the expertise of the Palinphiles, because I've come to the conclusion that Campbell Brown is dead wrong

Clearly, I don’t get the political allure of Sarah Palin.  So I’m going to ask her defenders — what positive leadership or political attributes did she display in this interview?   

 

Clearly, I need the expertise of the Palinphiles, because I’ve come to the conclusion that Campbell Brown is dead wrong

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner

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