DC Technology Examiner on Palin's 'political brilliance'

In an opinion piece for the DC Technology Examiner, Tanya Gupta commends Sarah Palin for her people, political and tech skills:

Sarah Palin has shown that she has a much better understanding of people than many of her counterparts. Regardless of what you think of her as a person or politician, you have to admit that she has made two particularly influential moves:

a) Using technology, in this case specifically Facebook, to communicate directly with her fans was a good move. This way she did not have to depend on potentially unsympathetic media to communicate her message, and,

b) From the Republican side, since Bush/Rove and team left office, she is the only politician who has come out with ideas (and terms) that everybody, and by that I mean common citizens, Republicans, media and politicians in general soak in, and react to - both positively and negatively.

Gupta points out that for someone who doesn't currently hold office, getting the President of the United States to respond to your statement is next to impossible, yet Sarah Palin pulled it off:

All of which makes me think that Palin will be around for a while, and that its too way early to write her off.

Related: In another op-ed, Gupta praises Sarah Palin for "making good use of Web 2.0 tools."

- JP