Just when Republicans were starting to worry their 2012 presidential field would be
too boring to bother with, Sarah Palin might be fixing to ride in like a movie hero just at the nick of time.
RealClearPolitics'
Scott Conroy has the details on a feature-length documentary set to release next month. The film is produced by Steve Bannon and the team behind
Generation Zero, a tea party favorite about the financial crisis. Bannon funded the film himself "and he insisted upon taking complete control" -- after Palin asked him to make some videos about her -- but the results as Conroy describes them sound like the best campaign commercial Palin could have hoped for.
Pretty much all you need to know about the tone of the film -- titled
The Undefeated -- from Conroy's exclusive look:
The film's third act puts a positive spin on Palin's 2008 vice presidential run, reminding viewers of her initially valuable impact on the McCain campaign by showing the Gallup poll trend lines that had the Republican ticket taking its first lead over the Democrats before the collapse of Lehman Brothers on Sept. 15.
It also gives an extended treatment to Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., her '08 peak.
"The Undefeated" eschews less flattering topics, such as the Troopergate saga -- which had little effect on the VP campaign but left a lastingly negative impression of Palin in the eyes of many Alaskans -- and her unimpressive series of interviews with Katie Couric.About that title: "Bannon originally titled his film "Take a Stand," which was the campaign slogan for Palin's 2006 gubernatorial run," Conroy reports. "But in order to give it a more triumphant punch, the filmmaker changed the title to "The Undefeated."
Palin apparently loves it.
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