Back To Normal???

So will things ever really go back to normal for Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin? I don't really think so. I believe more than ever, America will continue to keep their eyes and ears open for the failed Presidential ticket. This is only to be expected after such a tight and trans-formative election. This was not the case four years ago... No one really gave much thought to Sen. John Kerry and Sen. John Edwards returning back to their lives. I know I sure didn't and I voted for them.

So John McCain will be returning to the Senate for another 2 years, but people around the world are now scratching their heads, trying to figure out which brand Sen. McCain will attempt to bring back with him to Washington.

"Will it be the John McCain who was an enthusiastic coalition builder, deal maker and central figure in Congress, one as apt to tweak Republicans as much as Democrats? Or the John McCain who seemed so dismissive of Mr. Obama, who spent considerable time assailing the opposition rather than making his own case and who to many seemed to become what he had once disdained," wrote a New York Times journalist.

I, for one, will be interested to see whether McCain follows through on his self-proclaimed devotion to bring change to the Nation's Capitol. I hope it will not be politics as usual for him...

As for Gov. Palin, one can at the very least assume that she is back to wearing heavy clothing and hiking boots to combat Alaska's cold climate. But, what will she do now that she has returned to her home state? Many are under the impression that she will begin prepping for her Presidential run in 2012. Or will she return home and begin tackling Alaska's budgeting problem which stems from oil prices dipping "below the level required to balance the state budget?"according to the New York Times.

Well the Christian Science Monitor points out that Gov. Palin has some serious damage control to do. And I agree.

"Palin’s nonpartisan reputation is in shreds, a side effect of her role as chief attacker of Democratic rival Barack Obama. Damaged, too, is her image as ethics reformer, with questions lingering over an abuse-of-power scandal involving a feud against her sister’s ex-husband, alleged circumvention of public-records laws, concerns about state payments for her children’s travel and nights spent in her own home, and even how she acquired the haute-couture wardrobe she sported on the campaign trail," writes the Christian Science Monitor.


Gov. Palin lost a great deal of credibility during this campaign. And although it is undeniable that she continues to have supporters, I think she will first have to repair her relationship with her home state, before she can begin to even think about fostering a trusted relationship with the American people as a whole.