Good thing the election is far-over

Sarah Palin. A name that if any American doesn't know means they must have been hiding under a rock for the past year and a half or so. Small town mayor, Alaska's governor, Vice-President nominee and now author. Palin's book, "Going Rogue" has caused many conflicts between numerous people with whom she worked with for several months during the election season. According to Nicolle Wallace, McCain's campaign senior advisor, the book is "based on fabrications." She is not the only person from the campaign speaking out against the book, saying that it is fiction and it is all a part of Palin's imagination.

As talked about in class, it is important for a party to be able to show that they are one, they are united. After primaries are over during a Presidential election, the party becomes one again and campaign with each other instead of against each other. McCain chose Alaska's governor, Sarah Palin as his running mate during last years election, and though there are many conflicts between the people who were involved in the campaign and Palin herself, you would have never known that one year ago. It is important for a party to get along while in the public eye, even if things go wrong behind the scenes. Although it now seems that there were many problems between McCain's choice in running mate and his campaigns staff, it would not have helped his numbers to show the tension during the race.

Whether one believe that Palin is telling the story how it happened, or using much of her imagination to help sell the book is up to each reader. But no matter the case, I don't think that McCain and his staff will be working very closely with Palin anytime soon.