In Which Zandar Answers Your Burning Questions

Via John Cole at Balloon Juice, Taylor Marsh asks in a piece titled "Where's the Left's Sarah Palin?":

Where is the woman on the left who can make headlines and draw crowds like Sarah Palin, Liz Cheney, perhaps even a re-entry of Dr. Condoleezza Rice?

Cole's answer is quite sufficient:

It’s a real shame that there is no lefty Sarah Palin, because what the party could really use is a know-nothing empty suit who is wildly unpopular with the majority of Americans, extremely divisive to the folks you need to reach out to, completely unversed in anything regarding policy, and leading the party into a ditch. It really sucks there is no left-wing Palin.

My answer goes into a bit more detail.  If anything, Sarah Palin and Liz Cheney are known for their foibles and their stubborn, willfull ignorance.  I'll tell you what, Taylor, where's the woman on the right who got health care reform passed as Speaker of the House like Nancy Pelosi?  Where's the woman on the right who is America's chief diplomat who is improving America's standing in the world, and not covering for an incompetent, belligerent foreign policy like Hillary Clinton?   Where is the woman on the right, a daughter of immigrants, championing the rights of the American worker as Secretary of Labor like Hilda Solis?

I'll take effective, competent, strong leadership in our women on the left than half-term failed governors and unaccomplished jingoists trading on their father's name on the other side, thanks.

The left is better than Palin and Cheney.  If they want to make headlines, fine.  I'd rather have people who make history.