Birds of a feather

MANIFESTO

Steve Benen writes that

The Anchorage Daily News' Gregg Erickson [has] noticed that the Alaskan Republican takes a decidedly Bush-like attitude towards matters of government: "[Palin] tends to oversimplify complex issues ... It is clear that she has not paid much attention to the nitty-gritty unglamorous work of government, of gaining consensus, and making difficult compromises. She seems to be of the view that politics should be all rather simple. That often appeals to the wider public, but frustrates those who see themselves as laboring in the less glamorous parts of the vineyard."

My God. If this doesn't describe another female Republican governor (who happens to be from a New England state) to a "T," I don't know what does.