Palin for 2012?

I apologize if I talk about Sarah Palin more than anybody else in my blog, but what can I say, she’s a fascinating woman. She said in an interview with Fox News yesterday that she will run for president in 2012 if it is the “right thing” to do for her family and her country. While I applaud Sarah for leaving some sort of vagueness in her answer to protect her reputation as a family woman (in my opinion it is ridiculous to decide for sure 2 years in advance to uproot your entire family for the DC life), I am a little suspicious and honest-to-goodness annoyed that she’s being vague when it sounds like her mind is completely made up–she criticizes Obama endlessly (which I again applaud her for doing–politicians should hold each other accountable and she does a decent job of providing solid reasons rather than just mud-slinging), and claims to know better ways to solve the problems he’s currently dealing with… so wouldn’t that mean that she feels that she would be the “right thing” for our country? I’m not a mind-reader by any means, but Sarah is the only solid candidate from the last election, besides Obama, that we can almost guarantee to see on the campaign trail in a year or so. She’s one to keep an eye on. The Republican party as well, which has dug its heels into the ground (and will continue to do so especially in the upcoming month as Obama calls for a health care summit) and latched on tightly to Scott Brown when he was elected last month, is one to watch–will it accept Sarah Palin again or is it looking for a fresh face? As sad as it is in today’s society, I think the fact that she’s a woman will affect her chances at getting the GOP nomination, especially as it didn’t help John McCain as much as it was expected to in 2008.

Cindy McCain doesn’t H8?!

No doubt you’ve heard by now about the lovely Cindy McCain and her participation in the NoH8 campaign against Proposition 8 in California.

She’s being called the poster child of the campaign, and no doubt, that’s not only a bold statement, but a very true statement, because it symbolizes both the intensity and complexity of the issue of gay marriage. John McCain, former presidential hopeful, had to restate his position on gay marriage (against… in case by some miracle you somehow forgot). Read the articles. Know your stuff.

Times are a-changing, and this is an interesting bit of news, especially emerging at the same time that Scott Brown wins Ted Kennedy’s former senate seat for Massachusetts. However, the reaction and the failed attempts of Dems and GOPers alike to explain WHY the GOP won in Massachusetts bluntly show that the Democratic party isn’t losing as many supporters as the GOP would like to have America think, but also that the GOP isn’t quite as far behind as the Dems would like us to think. The truth is, our nation is facing complex issues on a number of fronts, among them, health care, civil rights (gay marriage, etc), and the never-ending crusades in the Middle East.

Obviously the Democrats and GOP are at odds with each other, especially in a time of particularly intense political turmoil, however, neither party is completely stable within itself, either.