In that same appearance, Palin was also criticized for critiquing Ronald Reagan’s approach to illegal immigration as failed not because of the perils of amnesty, but because of his decision to try to work with the Democrats. Reagan’s pretty good conservative instincts aside, you can’t always outguess your enemies, especially when they are good at playing possum. And few would dispute her criticism today, given the congress’s approval rating is at around 19%, on a charitable day? So we could safely extrapolate from that criticism what would be her policy as president:  no amnesty.

In addressing the illegal immigration issue in any format, much less in an over-steered, 104 seconds of interruptions, common sense tells you that you don’t throw out whatever comes to mind, or attempt to outgun the host.  You keep your cool and carefully try to interject your responses, especially knowing the media will use anything you say to intimidate and score against your missteps. That is exactly what Gov. Palin did. Given she was up against an obstreperous host, she managed to inject her approach as president for combating illegal immigration:

1. Build and maintain the border wall.
2. Don’t make deals with progressive Democrats regarding border security/amnesty.
3. Meet with the governors of each border state to organize sending a certain number of troops to secure our country’s borders.
4. Require those here illegally to register.

Keep going Sarah. The road to the White House is fraught with these kinds of brow-beating “interviews”. Consider it practice in dealing with a French poodle named O’Reilly.

Governor Palin once again does the job of the mainstream media and hidden-from-view Republican leadership today as she pushes back yet again on the Obama administration, this time on where BP-related campaign cash during the last election cycle plumed to most:

“Mr. Gibbs, BP gave over $3.5mill to federal candidates over the past 20 years, with with the largest amount going to Obama http://u.nu/5vpia“

and further:

 “Mr. Gibbs, Obama is the top recipient of BP PAC & individual money over the past 20 years. http://u.nu/5vpia Dispute these facts.”

Although BP claims that the magnitude of oil leaking in the Gulf of Mexico is not that bad, others worry that lack of a timely reaction to address the potential of the spill by Washington has added to an ecological disaster that could rival the damage caused by the Exxon Valdez spill off the coast of Alaska in 1989.