Relevant Palin now the focus of White House talking points

Via Ben Smith at Politico:

The White House has... chosen specifically to focus on former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and evidently to make her the face of the opposition, or to respond to her ability to project herself into the debate. She is the only Republican named in the talking points.

Here's that section:

On Gov. Palin's Attacks

Every non-partisan organization that has looked at her claims say they are false. And the ideas in her op-ed are both scary and risky. Eliminating Medicare and giving our seniors vouchers instead is a bad idea that we shouldn't adopt.

This can't be the same White House that insisted in July that former Governor Palin was irrelevant:

"I can tell you with absolutely honesty,” Axelrod said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, "that when I sit around with my political friends... there’s very little or no discussion of Sarah Palin."

It appears that statement, like everything else that comes out of the Obama Administration, had an expiration date. Nevertheless, we're sure that the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate appreciates the White House elevating her status to that of Obama's leading Republican opponent. She's playing them like they were on her iPod.

And when did Sarah Palin ever say that we should get rid of Medicare?

- JP