On Joe Scarborough's Takedown of Sarah Palin

Nice Article. I do think that Palin was trying to compare herself excessively to President Reagan.
She shared a stage last year with Michael Reagan. Michael Reagan has made the comparison of President Reagan to Palin. I'm offended by that. I'm offended by almost anything he says. I wonder if Palin was aware of the comments his made about grenades and babies?
Only Former First Lady Nancy Reagan can legitimately make the comparison. I doubt that will happen.
Palin should study how previous VP on the losing ticket have conducted themselves.
She should especially study Jack Kemp. He was a classic politician who could work with both sides.
I think No Labels is a very bad idea. I believe there was a brand of jeans, maybe in the 80's that were called No Labels. They were low price copy cat jeans.
No Labels won't work if they keep their same attitudes. They will just split the base. We just need more politicians to have a positive working relationship like Jack Kemp had. RIP.

Sarah Palin is just what the doctor ordered. Every country on earth who has a bone to pick with the United States will have a field day with this women of such few skills. If anyone thinks that our country is in trouble now, just give Mrs. Palin a chance. We will sink to new lows and will truly become a third world nation. She is the female Joe McCarthy. It will eather be her way or we can all go down. Don't dare ask her a question she does not want to answer or has no answer for. You will eather be ignored, talked over or escorted out. Dark gays are ahead of us if we think this is the kind of person we want in the White House.

it could be that Joe Scarborough is upset that she has better ratings than he.

Intellectual heft or gravitas? We vetted this question when Palin ran for Vice President and demonstrated her lack of political, geographical, and historical knowledge equal to that of most fifth graders. Come on. Cannot the Right Wing produce anyone worth his/her salt?

We the people seem to have a brilliant record over the past couple of cycles in electing people who appear capable and have a really nice pedigree, but yet have proven wanting in so many ways once in office. I am not an ardent supporter of Mrs. Palin, nor am I an ardent detractor. She could very well prove to be an outstanding President, only time and circumstance would tell. As far as Palin comparing herself to Reagan; well Reagan was not a highly regarded intellectual and the opposition always tried to make him out to be a bit of a buffoon, but he could lead and articulate a vision that many people could relate to. And Bill Clinton's 1992 election squad demonstrated the value in the immediate counterattack to any hint of criticism, so Palin's reputed sensitivity to criticism may be nothing more that her following the Clinton model. I may very well vote for someone else in 2012, unless that someone else is the current incumbent. That pedigree has fleas.

I'm not a fan of Joe Scarbough, but I believe his assessment of Sarah Palin is about right. That is, does she have intellectual capacity to govern. If you consider her performance as Governor of Alaska a benchmark, one would have to conclude that she has a dismal record, because she reasigned. Mind you, she's qualified, but does she have the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to govern? I don't believe she has those qualities.

You say that Palin should not respond directly to comments from Rove or Barbara Bush, but rise above it. My memory tells me that Pres. Bush did not respond to Democrats critizism of him and thus the Dem narrative carried on all the media outlets, relentlessly. Bush was looked at as weak, not noble, for not getting into the fray. The Dems did not treat Bush any better for reaching out to them on any legislation (NCLB). If you do not defend yourself, no one else will. I do not see Palin as President either, but we can not spare her, because she fights. Most journalist have their degrees in journalism and are no more intelligent than the average college educated American, even though their arrogance pushes their own elitism. Intellectuals lack common sense and America needs a big dose of common sense. Reagan said that the answers to our problems are simple but they are hard.

"Wouldn't outclassing the Bushes have been the best revenge?" -- Yes. There have been many opportunities for her to "outclass" her critics, but she never takes the high road.

Sarah sure does like to criticize others but can't take it herself. She wouldn't have to defend herself so much if she'd let some of them go but refuses to do so. As far as outclassing the Bush family, don't think so. This woman likes to grovel in the mud too much to ever consider being classy! Her penchant for winks, doncha's, betcha's, gotta's, etc., are cute, her meal ticket right now and is apparently more appealing than having class.

Give me a break. The country is on shaky ground domestically and internationally. Yet the media still only wants to talk about and dissect all things Palin. How about taking the time from the media's busy day and shining a light on the utter chaos that is known as the Obama administration.