More and more GOP elders are making subtle attacks against Sarah Palin. Why? It can't be that they dislike the policies that she advocates. Her politics are not much different from other leading Republicans. What is it about Sarah Palin that represents such a threat to the Republican establishment?
Does anyone doubt this? If so, here are some examples to chew on:
Republican political strategist and former Bush aide Karl Rove has said that Palin lacks “gravitas”, and has been critical of Palin's reality show.
Rove told London's Daily Telegragh: “With all due candor, appearing on your own reality show on the Discovery Channel, I am not certain how that fits in the American calculus of 'that helps me see you in the Oval Office...".
Barbara Bush: "I think she's very happy in Alaska — and I hope she'll stay there."
U.S. Congressman Jack Kingston (R-Georgia) has stated that Sarah Palin refrain from getting involved in local elections.
Potential Palin rival Mike Huckabee has sided with Michelle Obama against Palin concerning the First Lady's dietary recommendations.
Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, who is popular and influential among Republicans, said on Fox News: "....I would have hoped she'd spend the next years getting really deep into policy and becoming an expert the way a lot of other candidates have done as they mature and approach the presidency. She hasn't".
Admittedly, these are not exactly blistering attacks. But I'm suspicious. Republicans rarely criticize other Republicans. This strikes me as a coordinated effort to undermine Sarah Palin, and prevent her from being nominated in 2012.
If Palin remains popular with the Republican base next year, look out for more, and increasingly negative, attacks against her from the GOP establishment.
It would be ironic if it turns out that Sarah Palin's biggest enemies are not Democrats, or the media elite, but, rather, her fellow Republicans.
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