Moose Tracks Of Clay

People don't like it when you reveal their heroes are human.  They like it even less when you reveal those heroes are flawed.

Few aspects of Sarah Palin’s vice-presidential candidacy have been more discussed than the $150,000 worth of clothing and accessories bought by the Republican National Committee’s coordinated campaign fund on behalf of the candidate and her family in 2008. Yet interviews with campaign aides and internal campaign e-mails and documents obtained exclusively by Vanity Fair shed new light on the situation, revealing Palin to have been more innocent at the start of this shopping odyssey than has previously been reported—and more knowing and more calculating as time went on.

Initially, Palin objected to the very idea of clothing being purchased for her to wear at the Republican National Convention. When she was first presented with a $3,500 jacket, an aide recalls, the price tag sent her into shock: “I don’t spend that much money on my clothes in a year,” Palin said. “I will not do this.” Aides decided, in future, to cut off the price tags, so Palin wouldn’t quite know how much was being spent. But eventually, they say, Palin grew accustomed to the privilege of a designer wardrobe—not only for herself but also for her family.

Small town girl captured by the big spotlights aside, while the right is more than happy for Palin to be "Real America's dream girl", they're much less sure about her actually running for President...even in Alaska.

Alaska may be known for its freewheeling individualism and rugged pickup truck conservatism, but a new poll on possible GOP presidential candidates for 2012 shows Alaskans giving the nod to button-down Mitt Romney over Sarah Palin in her own backyard.

The former Massachusetts governor was the choice of 20 percent of 805 Republicans surveyed, according to figures released today by Public Policy Polling. Palin, who resigned as governor of Alaska a year ago, and Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, garnered 17 percent each, with Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the US House, at 16 percent, and Ron Paul, a congressman from Texas, at 10 percent.

Not a good sign for Les Mooserables.  Perhaps Alaskans are a little sore about the last time they voted her into office and she quit to go make Discovery Channel specials instead.