Many are reporting that Palin’s star is fading, but the former Alaska governor will be front and center as she heads to Wisconsin this Saturday. Never one to back down from a battle, Palin will head right to the scene where protests at the State Capitol pitted Democrats against tea-party inspired Republicans in a political drama followed across the country.
Palin aide Rebecca Mansour confirmed on Twitter Thursday that Palin is set to speak at the tea party’s annual tax day rally, which begins at noon Saturday in Madison.
Palin has consistently weighed in on the Wisconsin debate, calling on union bosses to turn down the rhetoric and arguing that Wisconsin has been “strategically picked” by Democrats and their labor allies as a must-win political battle. Palin also encouraged her followers in Wisconsin to vote for Republican-backed Justice David Prosser, the unofficial victor in this month’s state Supreme Court election.
However, Palin won’t receive a warm welcome from everyone, including the Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Mike Tate, who immediately sent out a statement criticizing both Palin and Walker.
“She was an early supporter of Scott Walker’s and so it makes sense that Sarah Palin would come to Wisconsin to celebrate Scott Walker’s war against its working families,” said Tate. “Equally divisive and equally hungry for attention, the two make a perfect pair of poster children for a bizarre social agenda, diminished Wisconsin standards, a hostility to education and lower wages and benefits for Wisconsin families.”
On a side note, potential 2012 contender Donald Trump will also speak at a Tea Party rally on Saturday in Boca Raton, Florida. The Florida event is the Tea Party group’s 3rd annual Tax Day rally, planned for Boca Raton’s Sanborn Square.
—–
As published on Examiner.com
]]>