Clemson Prof: Sarah Palin has bright future in GOP

Clemson University political scientist Dave Woodard, who is a Republican consultant and pollster, says that even though former governor Sarah Palin no longer holds political office, her rise to prominence in the GOP will continue.

Woodard describes Palin as an "extremely appealing" candidate:

"She's been proven, especially, and tested with her daughter and her own decisions about her son and her marriage. She is a very popular fundraiser."

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"The more that she appears at these fundraisers and everything like this, the more she's going to garner support from the Republican base, I think."

We believe Professor Woodward is correct in his assessment. And a number of pundits who pronounced the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate's political career as dead on the occasion of her resignation will have to eat crow. Perhaps they can wash it down with a carafe of fine whine -- Chateau Fautif 2009.

- JP