Sarah Palin Pushes Buttons!

Let's face it, mavericks are, well, MAVERICKS! John McCain says he is one and so he picks Sarah Palin becuase she is one. But, has Sarah gone too far in making that point stick? Or is the hand writing on the wall that McCain is going to lose and Sarah Barracuda wants to set herself aprt in some areas, from mcCain, wo she can have her own forum and "standing" within the party for 2012? It's obvious McCain is done after this election.  

Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue." A Palin associate, however, said the candidate is simply trying to "bust free" of what she believes was a damaging and mismanaged roll-out. Really! I'm glad someone is admitting it.

McCain sources say Palin has gone off message several times, and they privately wonder if the incidents were deliberate. They cited that she labeled robocalls -- recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent -- "irritating" even as the campaign defended their use. Also, they pointed to her telling reporters she disagreed with the campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan.

Hey, a woman reserve the right to change her mind.  :-)

A second McCain source tells CNN she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign. "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. "Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom."

I didn't know that about divas!

But I have seen that in those who are AMBITIOUS and if there's any label that fits Sarah Palin it is ambitious. So, maybe they be right. Others say Palin is trying to take more control of her message, pointing to last week's impromptu press conference on a Colorado tarmac. Tracey Schmitt, Palin's press secretary, was urgently called over after Palin wandered over to the press and started talking. Schmitt unsuccessfully tried several times to end the unscheduled session. "We acknowledge that perhaps she should have been out there doing more," a different Palin adviser recently told CNN, arguing, "It's not fair to judge her off one or two sound bites" from the network interviews.

Ah, the stress of political campaigns. But in a week it will all be over with and we'll see which direction all the birds fly and to which intention they roost! In the meantime, count on Sarah to push some more testoserene buttons!   :-)