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Ouch: “Palin In A Suit”

A new trend in punditry is to compare current candidates to Sarah Palin as an insult.  The trend is bi-partisan with both Republicans and Democratic strategists using the comparison.  GOP strategist Alex Castellanos stated that Gov. Rick Perry has some challenges ahead, one of them being "that people think he's a little bit of a coffee table book, just kind of Sarah Palin with a skirt, not a substantive candidate." 

Economist, PhD, Nobel prize winner, columnist, and Princeton professor  Paul Krugman referred to Republican Tim Pawlenty as "Sarah Palin in a suit."  Read more here.

Does Sarah Palin carry any meaningful weight with anyone?  What's the deal with being in a skirt or a suit?  What if Sarah Palin wore a skirt suit? 



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.