And that's just what republicans are saying! The story, from today's Politico.com (link at bottom), purports to be based on information from "GOP sources," who repeatedly paint a picture of Palin as being diva-like, "high maintenance," "self-centered" and "herky-jerky." Some conservatives have even taken to calling her "Princess Sarah," with one source telling Politico that "her whole world is chaos."So why is Palin drawing the ire of so many republicans? Well, the bad behavior alleged by the Politico's sources is quite the proverbial laundry list, including: "Snubbing" senior U.S. senators; Not returning GOP candidates' phone calls; Charging elaborate travel expenses; Breaking promises to endorse certain candidates; Being a nightmare to try to schedule; Shirking her responsibility to show up at events at which she had agreed to appear; Constantly "obsessing about press coverage" at the events for which she does bother to show up; and Placing draconian restrictions upon the scope and nature of those events.
Another reported issue has been the difficulty of GOP candidates even being able to reach Palin in the first place and even knowing how to try to reach her. Politico reports that one GOP U.S. senate campaign actually had to resort to trying to reach Palin through her Facebook page. The campaign never got a response and then had to hit up a news reporter for an e-mail address that might reach Palin. The e-mail drew only a "non-committal reply" from Palin.
Probably telling is the fact that Palin's "camp" is reportedly not denying any of this stuff. Instead, they are offering up excuses such as "she's putting her family first" and that she's been "besieged" on all sides with "pleas for help" from numerous candidates.
But what I'm not sure about is why these stories, while entertaining, would come as any real surprise to much of anyone? The Palin of 2010 strikes me as much more of an aristocratic and cartoon-like celebrity "diva" than a serious politician. And these GOP candidates should realize that if you want to run in the celebrity world, then you've got to pay The Princess (errrr, fiddler). Where's the shock?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43936.html
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