Who Floats Like a Butterfly and Stings Like a Bee?

If you said Muhammed Ali you'd be correct, but if you said Sarah Palin apparently you would also be correct. According to one of the smartest democratic operatives in California, former California Speaker of the House Willie Brown, who arguably ran California for many years, reports in the San Francisco Chronicle that it is Sarah Palin that can float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.

His observation is not gratuitous. When Willie talks in the San Francisco Chronicle, he is not speaking in the newpaper of record for the conservative nation. He is talking to the left and giving them a warning that that they need to heed if they expect to win in November.

Willie states:

The Democrats are in trouble. Sarah Palin has totally changed the dynamics of this campaign.

Period.

Palin's speech to the GOP National Convention on Wednesday has set it up so that the Republicans are now on offense and Democrats are on defense. And we don't do well on defense.

Suddenly, Palin and John McCain are the mavericks and Barack Obama and Joe Biden are the status quo, in a year when you don't want to be seen as defending the status quo.

Willie went to explain Palin's fluid attack:

I actually went back and watched Palin's speech a second time. I didn't go to sleep until 1:30 a.m. I had to make sure I got the lines right.

Her timing was exquisite. She didn't linger with applause, but instead launched into line after line of attack, slipping the knives in with every smile and joke.

And she delivered it like she was just BS-ing on the street with the meter maid.

She didn't have to prove she was "of the people." She really is the people.

In case you're wondering if Palin and McCain can keep this up, Willie warns:

If she can answer questions like she handled herself at the convention, Palin will turn out to be the most interesting person in all of politics, and the press will treat her like they treated Obama when he was first discovered.

And remember, the Palin bandwagon needs to roll for only two months.

See full story at the SF Chronicle here.