What does the Vanity Fair article say about Alaska governor and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin?
Lots of buzz today about my my friend Todd Purdum’s story on Sarah Palin in the new issue of Vanity Fair. The story’s a good reminder of the still enduring role of the monthly magazine in the age of blogs and Twitter. By going over ground that was not exactly unfamiliar–the contempt that McCain staffers felt toward their charge, the governor of Alaska–Purdum was able to find the new in the well-trod, the headline amidst what seemed to be an old story. The level of vitriol and consternation expressed toward Palin is remarkable and so is the extent to which the senior officials of the McCain campaign were continually amazed by her lack of knowledge and her audacity. She tried to make her own concession speech on election night, something that veep candidates never do, and after refusing to take no for an answer from top McCain aides, had to be told no by the Arizona Senator himself. Will all of this matter as the presidential campaign of 2012 begins to move forward? It will if Palin co
A new Vanity Fair article on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has re-ignited animosities among feuding high-profile Republican advisers who worked on Arizona Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. The in-depth profile, which describes Palin as the “sexiest and the riskiest brand in the Republican Party,” raises questions about McCain’s decision to pick the Alaska governor as his running mate and her “disastrous” performance in the 2008 campaign — sparking a vicious back-and-forth between former advisers to the GOP ticket. “Perhaps most painful, how could John McCain, one of the cagiest survivors in contemporary politics…ever have picked a person whose utter shortage of qualification for her proposed job all but disqualified him for his?” author Todd Purdum writes in his article published Tuesday. The article also claims that top aides worried about Palin’s “mental state” during the campaign — with some suggesting Palin was suffering from postpartum depression following the recent bi
