It's Sarah Palin's time to shine. After spending this cycle touting tea party candidates, endorsing "Mama Grizzlies," and lending her time and energy to candidates around the country, Palin says she can't wait to see her candidates clobber Democrats and Republicans alike on Tuesday.
"I think it's going to be a political earthquake," Palin told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. She suggested voters will say: "You blew it, President Obama. We gave you the two years to fulfill your promise" to repair the economy, and you didn't. "The last two years have not been good for our country."
And on the right, Palin thinks "business as usual" and "wishy-washy" and "establishment" Republicans all will be taught a lesson this week.
"You're going to see this freshman class come in with a lot of passion, with a lot of commitment to turning things around and putting government back on the side of people," Palin said.
Wallace asked whether she shouldn't advise her crop of outsider Republicans to compromise in Washington to avoid obstruction.
"No, they should not compromise on principles. That's been part of the problem... going along to get along," Palin responded.
She railed against raising taxes, and pushed for the extension of the George W. Bush tax cuts, echoing the views of many fiscally conservative tea party candidates.
Wallace noted that while many of Palin's candidates have sailed to tough primary victories and are surging in the polls, not all of the office-seekers she's endorsed are faring well. Republican Christine O'Donnell appears unlikely to pull out a win in Delaware, and the same fate may be in store for Joe Miller in Alaska, Wallace said.
But Palin staunchly defended both, saying there was no way she would have supported Delaware Democrat Chris Coons or establishment Republican Mike Castle in that race. And as for Alaska, Palin lamented the media treatment he has received and publicized his latest entanglement with the Alaska press.
As for Palin's own future, she tamped down talk of a 2012 presidential run.
"I love the freedom that I have that I can sit here and tell you anything I want to without the fear," Palin said. "I love the position that I'm in now."
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