political-class

The bombshell that’s still sending aftershocks rippling through the American political class had its epicenter near Lake Lucille on the quiet morning of July 3. On that day last year, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin summoned reporters to her lakeside home for what was billed as a surprise announcement. Some of the scribes took it as less than monumental and arrived late. They faced trouble getting to a scene carefully staged in front of TV cameras on the lake shore.