The New Version of the Old Scene

So I heard on Morning Joe this morning (of course) that if Sarah Palin runs for President in 2012, then the Democratic Party will resurrect from the pit of despair by way of this single event. The Dems, you see, have been in a bit of a slump lately, and with the mid-term election only hours away, the gloom is starting to take over the doom that surrounds the conjecture of the massive losses they will incur at the voting booth. Most of this malaise comes from the consistent inconsistency that we see daily from the White House, in addition to the low approval ratings tied to the public's dissatisfaction with politician's ineffectiveness during an economic crisis within our country. Having someone as polarizing as Palin run for POTUS would rally the troops a la 2008 and would be a much-welcome pain reliever. That got me to thinking: Palin is so polarizing...wait, I've seen that word used before, for another political target...oh, that's right, it was when every political wonk in 2007 was talking about Hillary Clinton's run for POTUS! Yes, I remember it well. The 'publicans were all up in arms about how dare this woman even think she's qualified for the top job, grab your pitchforks and torches, this just cannot happen!! And yet, as we moved into the 2008 campaign, we saw just how humanizing Hillary became, to the point of being driven to tears (gasp! the horror!). The longer we saw Hillary on our every-day televised events and commercials, the more subdued we became and the more we began to like her as a person. Many of us were starting to accept and legitimize her candidacy as a viable option to some of the ultra right- and left-wing zealots. It all ended during the primaries when Obama just out-ran her, but for one shining moment, she reached the top of the credibility mountain, after what seemed a lifetime of fighting to clear her reputation and show her viability. Flash forward only two years later and we are here again, only this time with a GOP version in the form of Sarah Palin. Watch out, 'publicans -- karma is a bitch (no pun intended)!