Sarah Palin: Conservative of the Year

Runner up for Person of the Year and now Conservative of the Year, Sarah Palin is reeling in the accolades in this end of year awards season.

HumanEvents.Com, which dubs itself "Headquarters of The Conservative Underground," gave Sarah the title.

Ann Coulter wrote the accompanying piece. Here is an excerpt -

When McCain chose our beauteous Sarah as his running mate, the maverick was finally acting like a real maverick -- as opposed to the media’s definition of a “maverick” which is: “agreeing with the editorial positions of the New York Times.”

Pre-Palin it had been one race -- boring old “You kids get off my lawn!” John McCain versus the exciting, new politician Barack Obama, who threw caution to the wind and bravely ran as the Pro-Hope candidate. And then our heroic Sarah bounded out of the Alaska tundra and it became a completely different race. This left the press completely discombobulated and upset. They didn't know whether to attack Sarah for not having an abortion or go after her husband for not being a sissy.

I assume Palin was chosen because McCain had heard that she was a real conservative and he had always wanted to meet one -- no, actually because he needed a conservative on the ticket, but that he had no idea that picking her would send the left into a tailspin of wanton despair.

But if anyone on the McCain campaign chose Palin because she would drive liberals crazy, my hat is off to him!

You can read the whole thing by clicking here.

WithoutObjection.com also wrote about the award. You can read their take here.

On the surface this may not seem like a big deal, but it is. After the failed campaign of John McCain, a candidate that Conservative Republicans never really trusted, the Republicans are looking for a new Reagan, someone who can espouse Conservative values without being mean.

Sarah Palin is the chosen one.

Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich will kick and scream, but they can never gene rte the heat, the crowds and the genuine passion that Sarah does.

Governors Pawlenty, Jindal and Huntsman have promise, but nothing else. Few outside their own states and Republican blogs know their name.

Sarah is the heir apparent. She has some repairs to make, but not as many as her critics may claim. Although the media, the liberals, the democrats and even many jealous Republicans have taken their shots, the Conservative base of the party still proudly holds Palin above the rest.

If Palin runs in 2012, she will win Iowa, no doubt about it. She can also win most of the south and the west.

The "Conservative of The Year" is a weighty title in the Republican Party. In political terms it translates to "Front Runner."

Human Events also conducted an interview with Sarah Palin. Click here to read it.

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski must be breathing a sigh of relief. When Sarah Palin was asked if she would run against the moderate republican in the 2010 primary, Palin said, "that's not in my sites."

I have a pretty good idea what is in her sites and it's not in Alaska.