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Sarah Palin’s documentary “The Undefeated”
By John Hayward

The news this week was filled with reports that Sarah Palin contracted filmmaker Stephen Bannon to produce a big-budget documentary about her years as the governor of Alaska, called The Undefeated. The level of buzz is remarkable, considering that hardly anyone has seen the rough cut.

The Undefeated has the feel of a campaign video, and is widely seen as a sign that Palin might be inching closer to a presidential run. It is good for a candidate to draw so much attention while moving in inches, while others can run a marathon without getting noticed.

Only one person gets to be last season’s lightning-rod vice-presidential nominee, so comparisons between the Palin maybe-campaign and others are difficult to draw. The lesson I would recommend other candidates learn from Palin, even if she decides not to enter the race, is her knack for expressing complex issues in accessible and memorable ways. This is not easy to do. Only the master of a topic can become a good teacher, by making it simple. Poetry is a talent, as well as a skill.

It’s easier to do what Palin does when the candidate speaks from a comprehensive philosophy. As each subject is addressed, a new facet of the complete whole is revealed. It also helps to understand the passion, and fury, of the opposition. Palin receives frequent lessons in that, as liberal websites self-destruct in their eagerness to run frothing, hateful attacks… on her 3-year-old son.

Every candidate is wise to study the strengths of both opponents and competitors. Observe the excitement Sarah Palin generates by announcing that she will soon release a video that might indicate she is perhaps thinking more strongly about a possible presidential run. Whatever they might think of her policy positions or political history, the current state of Sarah is a good place for any candidate to be... because every one of them needs a lot of people looking forward to their next move.

— John Hayward

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