McClatchy: IN event marks Palin's national return

Surprise! Here's McClatchy Sarah Palin coverage that doesn't kneecap her, for a change. In fact, the article is remarkably fair to the governor. It was written by Erika Bolstad and must have been sneaked past her editor. Or perhaps McClatchy is trying to maintain a ratio of one positive Palin story for every fifty hit pieces.

Whatever, here's an excerpt:

Palin's attendance at an anti-abortion event — her first major public event outside of Alaska since the presidential campaign — sends a laser-like message to the conservative potential voters who Palin must court if her political future includes a bid for the presidency in 2012.

Palin is playing it safe by attending an event where "dissenting voices are likely to be far and few between," said Neil Newhouse, a Republican strategist and pollster for Public Opinion Strategies in Alexandria, Va.

"But Palin's foray into the Midwest also sends a pretty clear signal to the GOP faithful that she intends to build on her conservative credentials rather than 'move to the middle,' " Newhouse said. "While we shouldn't read too much into a single event, it sure looks like she has her eyes set on GOP primary voters."

Read the entire article, but prop up your lower jaw first, so it doesn't hit the floor in amazement. Fair treatment from McClatchy - who woulda thunk it?