Good line from Mike Huckabee just now:
Sarah Palin got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president.
[Technically, this is not true: Biden received nearly 64,000 votes, and the population of Wasilla is under 10,000.]
Consider this an open thread.
... interesting, if ultimately unconvincing gambit from Palin on foreign policy: She's making the case for more domestic energy production by citing supply risks in the Caucasus, Venezuela, and Iran. The math, of course, doesn't quite work. But it's a clever attempt at taking her policy strength -- energy -- and tying it to her biggest weakness -- foreign-policy experience.
... Here's the bit, from Palin's just-released prepared remarks:
With Russia wanting to control a vital pipeline in the
Caucasus, and to divide and intimidate our European allies by using
energy as a weapon, we cannot leave ourselves at the mercy of foreign
suppliers.
To confront the threat that Iran might seek to cut off nearly a fifth
of world energy supplies ... or that terrorists might strike again at
the Abqaiq facility in Saudi Arabia ... or that Venezuela might shut
off its oil deliveries ... we Americans need to produce more of our own
oil and gas.
And take it from a gal who knows the North Slope of Alaska: we've got lots of both.
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