Gov. Palin Talks Policy and Politics on 'Fox News Sunday'

She would go “the opposite direction” from where Obama and the Dems have been on their watch.
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On the Wallace Watch blog of Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, researcher Lori Martin has summarized Gov. Palin's appearance on the Sunday morning program. We have some excerpts from her post:

Reacting to the recent string of bad economic news, Palin said the Obama “administration has got to be honest and candid with the American public” and criticized their policies up until now.

“Bottom line is their plan for bigger government, more federal control over our private sector, more regulations and burdensome mandates on the people and our businesses, it’s not working and we do need to shift gears and change course. And it’s very noble of President Obama to want to stay at the helm and maybe go down with this sinking ship.”

What would a “President Palin” do?

“I would go the opposite direction of what these Democrats and President Obama have already tried in his two-and-a-half years. What President Palin would do is cut the federal budget, making sure that we’re not crowding out private sector investment. We will cut that spending. We have no choice. We’re going broke. We’re going bankrupt. We have absolutely no choice.”

The former governor of Alaska added that she thinks one of the most important things that can be done to help the economy is “unleashing our domestic energy production opportunities… Energy is the key to prosperity, to security.”

Addressing one of the pressing issues on Washington’s calendar this summer, Palin said that while she does believe the debt limit is going to be raised, if she was a member of Congress, her vote would be no.

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We will have video up of Gov. Palin's FNS appearance as soon as Fox News posts it.

- JP

Benyamin Korn: Why Sarah Palin's still alive & kickin'

She's earned her clout the old-fashioned way
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Benyamin Korn, founder of Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin, editor of JewsforSarah.com, and radio host of "Jewish Independent Talk" explains in a Philadelphia Daily News op-ed, why Gov. Palin is more relevant then ever, despite the efforts of her political enemies to marginalize her:

NO SOONER had the polls closed on Nov. 2 than Sarah Palin began shaping the platform of the Republican Party and the conservative movement heading into 2012. And when the chief Mama Grizzly sets her formidable mind to something, her opponents start looking a lot less electable.

In a 1,500-word manifesto in National Review two days after the historic vote, Palin outlined a strategy for her party, and the country.

"The meaning of the 2010 election was rebuke, reject, and repeal," she wrote.

"We rebuked Washington's power grab, rejected this unwanted 'fundamental transformation of America,' and began the process to repeal the dangerous policies inflicted on us. But this theme will only complement the theme of 2012, which is renew, revive, and restore. In 2012, we need to renew our optimistic, pioneering spirit, revive our free-market system, and restore constitutional limits and our standing in the world as the abiding beacon of freedom."

John Podhoretz, editor-in-chief of Commentary, bellwether for the intellectual right, called the Palin Plan "brilliant."

Last week, in yet another display of tactical savvy, Palin staked out a position on, of all things, monetary policy - specifically the plan by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to essentially print $800 billion in new currency, further devaluing the already plunging dollar.

Palin's warning that Bernanke's action would further weaken the dollar and cause inflation, and her call on him to "cease and desist," prompted the Wall Street Journal - no cheerleader for Palin - to declare in a lead editorial that Palin had "exhibited a more sophisticated knowledge of monetary policy than any major Republican this side of Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan."

Not only is she "way ahead of her potential Presidential competitors on this policy point," the Journal editorial said, but Palin "shows a talent for putting a technical subject in language that average Americans can understand."

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- JP