Noam Scheiber has a fascinating profile of, yes, Sarah Palin, that you should go read. But even more interesting -- and a little creepy -- is this document [PDF] Scheiber discovered while in Alaska. It's the back of some city budget paperwork, where Palin had doodled what looks to be her early strategies for a mayoral election. It's a strangely privileged look into the ambitions of an up-and-coming politician, and a reminder of the the strange resilience of cliched political language -- "It's time for a change," "Wasilla needs a conservative choice."
--Tim Fernholz
