streiff: The WaPo, Sarah Palin, and Conservatism

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This was published Thursday on Red Maryland by our friend and former colleague from our days at RedState.com:

Today's Washington Post features an editorial which serves to underscore a fear on the left of a resurgent conservative movement and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. It concerns the surprise endorsement of Brian Murphy by Governor Palin.

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This type of editorial demonstrates why the Washington Post hires liberals like Dave Wiegel to explain conservatism.

First, the fact that the Washington Post wants us to believe that it actually cares about the fate of the GOP is laughable. If they really thought Gov. Palin was leading the GOP down the path to marginalization they would be first in line cheering her on. The fact that they find her endorsements troubling should be a sign that she's on to something useful.

Second, as I said below primaries are about ideas. Whether or not the editorial board of the Washington Post likes Governor Palin's worldview, the rest of the country does...

Read the rest of strieff's op-ed here. Also see Kelsey's take on this at C4P here.

- JP