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Gov. Palin is not the kind of leader who gets bogged down in minutia and works 100-hours a week. Instead, she uses her charisma and a simple, clear vision to mobilize mass support for her agenda, then leaves the details and heavy lifting to others.
THREE BIG SUCCESSES
As governor, she has focused almost exclusively on a handful of high-priority issues -- ethics, oil tax reform and state incentives for building a natural gas pipeline. And she has had dramatic success. With Gov. Palin leading the way, the Legislature passed strong legislation on all three fronts. On two of those issues, she had to take on Alaska's previously all-powerful oil industry. Twice she easily defeated them.
Palin is the only major political figure in the past 20 years who regularly comes to Daily News editorial board meetings by herself, with no flunkies or handlers.
One of Gov. Palin's great strengths as a reformer also has a downside. She has a fervent sense of what's right and what's wrong and has little concern for political consequences. This fearless sense of righteousness has generally served her well -- as when she went after Alaska's arrogant and corrupt Republican political establishment.
One big surprise about Palin's term as governor: She has been thoroughly bipartisan. Her most reliable supporters on her big three accomplishments have been Democrats. The partisan side that Palin showed in her acceptance speech Thursday is something Alaskans haven't seen in her time as governor.
She sounds like a real, authentic, down to earth, results oriented leader. Just what DC needs.
"Instead, she uses her charisma and a simple, clear vision to mobilize mass support for her agenda, then leaves the details and heavy lifting to others."
Sounds like a slacker who thinks they can get by on their looks and "charm". These are the folks you immediately fall in love with at a jobsite, or in the office.
"Instead, she uses her charisma and a simple, clear vision to mobilize mass support for her agenda, then leaves the details and heavy lifting to others."
Sounds like a slacker who thinks they can get by on their looks and "charm". These are the folks you immediately fall in love with at a jobsite, or in the office.
I want to have a beer with her. That's the mentality. Noun, verb, POW!
"Instead, she uses her charisma and a simple, clear vision to mobilize mass support for her agenda, then leaves the details and heavy lifting to others."
Sounds like a slacker who thinks they can get by on their looks and "charm". These are the folks you immediately fall in love with at a jobsite, or in the office.
No, it sounds like she is a delegater - as most good leaders are.
"Instead, she uses her charisma and a simple, clear vision to mobilize mass support for her agenda, then leaves the details and heavy lifting to others."
Nah, sounds like someone who thinks they're too good to get their hands dirty.
"fervent sense of righteousness" . . . hmmm . . . sound like George W. I am not impressed. We've been there and done that, don't really want to go there again.
"She has a fervent sense of what's right and what's wrong and has little concern for political consequences. This fearless sense of righteousness has generally served her well"
Can't wait to hear the name of the "enemies" she'll pick for us to crusade against. Certainly there's someone we should be wiping off the face of the Earth, right?
"She has a fervent sense of what's right and what's wrong and has little concern for political consequences. This fearless sense of righteousness has generally served her well"
Can't wait to hear the name of the "enemies" she'll pick for us to crusade against. Certainly there's someone we should be wiping off the face of the Earth, right?
So, doing things out of a sense of right/wrong instead of political consequences doesn't sit well with the bots? I would imagine you would die for your messiah to make decisions based on right/wrong rather than political expediency.
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