Sarah Palin’s One Nation road trip streamrolled through New York City on Wednesday, boasting all of the makings of political theater … but none of the politics.
Make no mistake: The traveling circus act is more about brand maintenance than it is the first steps in a run for the White House, analysts and consultants tell TheWrap.
By hopscotching across various patriotic landmarks, the former Alaska governor has pushed fellow conservative firebrand Michele Bachmann off the front pages and — temporarily at least — reclaimed her place as the biggest name in Republican politics.
It also has allowed her to gleefully torment her favorite target — reporters — by keeping them in the dark about the details of her visits to Civil War battlegrounds and Revolutionary War touchstones.