Sarah Palin Blames Bush Administration for McCain Loss

"It's amazing that we did as well as we did"

Well, in her first major interview since the election, Palin sat down with Greta Van Susteren of FoxNews and pretty much blamed the entire loss on the Bush administration.

I think the Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years, that Americans were kind of shaking their heads like going, wait a minute, how did we run up a $10 trillion debt in a Republican administration?

Interesting that she would so heavily put the blame on the administration. There are still a lot of Bush supporters in the base, and she needs to be careful not to look like some sort of "party traitor" if she hopes to run in 2012.

I don't have a problem with what she said, but politically speaking, she needs to think about the die hard Bush supporters out there.

A couple of other notes from the article...

Palin has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2012. She also could seek re-election in 2010 or challenge Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Still uncertain is the fate of Sen. Ted Stevens, who is leading in his bid for another term but could be ousted by the Senate for his conviction on seven felony counts of failing to report more than $250,000 in gifts, mostly renovations on his home. If Stevens loses his seat, Palin could run for it in a special election.

Now the part in bold would be SO ideal. Alaska politics has been embroiled with scandal in recent years. If Palin took out a RINO like Lisa Murkowski and then Sean Parnell (Who has said he won't, but we'll see) were to run for Stevens' seat in a special election? Holy cow...Alaska would be on their way with two terrific young conservatives and it would go a long way in purging the Republican party of the crooks that currently reside in certain areas of the GOP. If there are two types of people the Republican party needs to rid themselves of, it's empty suits and crooks. You'd be getting rid of both if Palin and Parnell won seats. With Stevens, you'd be ridding Alaska of another political criminal and with Murkowski, you'd be getting rid of someone who just shows up, but doesn't actively try and make things better. Not to mention, she's an Olympia Snowe type Republican. She really is more of a liberal than anything.

Anyway, Palin and Parnell as Alaska senators would be a great start.
Sean Parnell (Above) Lt. Governor of Alaska (R)