Some of Sarah Palin's Ideas Cross the Political Divide - NYTimes.com

If Sarah Palin’s recent speech at an Iowa Tea Party event is any indication, she intends to stake her presdiential campaign by shifting significantly to the centre - having already been responsible for the shift in domestic politics towards the right in the first place. This, if true, will constitute something of a masterstroke for Palin, whose ability and intelligence is often ridiculed.