Yuval Levin has a good essay in /Commentary/ about Sarah Palin. It's too good to summarize, read the whole thing.
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/the-meaning-of-sarah-palin-14674?page=all Here are my comments posted to the article: The problem for Palin and the Republicans is that the message they need to deliver is not simple and does not lend itself to sound bites. The needed message is essentially libertarian constitutionalist, and it requires educating the voters in ways that cannot really be done effectively in a campaign, especially not in the last 66 days of one. The kind of reform many people want but don't know how to articulate is not just a matter of broad tax, monetary, or fiscal policy. It involves often subtle reforms in legal practice, such as requiring all issues of law to be argued in the presence of the jury, opening grand juries to investigate all kinds of complaints from ordinary citizens, and empowering citizens to prosecute criminal cases instead of public prosecutors. It involves reviving the standing of ordinary citizens to issue writs of /quo warranto/ to challenge the authority of miscreant officials. It also involves dispelling the mistaken notion that government is responsible for the economy, and to teach our citizens, beginning as children, to accept responsibility for themselves and others. This will be an educational process to undo the mistakes of a century. Perhaps the economic downturn will encourage the return to civic virtue, because without that no political candidate can speak what needs to be understood. -- Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------- Constitution Society 2900 W Anderson Ln C-200-322, Austin, TX 78757 512/299-5001 www.constitution.org [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
