Sarah Palin is packing her bags. Preparing for a 2012 campaign (perhaps), she has set her eyes on Britain and Israel, with a quick stop first in Haiti.
For a presidential candidate to be taken seriously, the first trip abroad is a rite of political passage. Ideally, it shows the candidate comfortable on the world stage, against some kind of symbolic setting.
Related story on The Daily Beast: How to Make Your Trip Run Smoothly
Although it took a while before he decided on a setting, Barack Obama drew his biggest, loudest crowd in Berlin with a rousing speech during the 2008 election. And while George W. Bush might not have had too many stamps in his passport before he took office, there were at least a few trips to Mexico and one visit to Israel in 1998. Until now, Palin's travel outside the U.S. included visiting American troops in Germany and...
For a presidential candidate to be taken seriously, the first trip abroad is a rite of political passage. Ideally, it shows the candidate comfortable on the world stage, against some kind of symbolic setting.
Related story on The Daily Beast: How to Make Your Trip Run Smoothly
Although it took a while before he decided on a setting, Barack Obama drew his biggest, loudest crowd in Berlin with a rousing speech during the 2008 election. And while George W. Bush might not have had too many stamps in his passport before he took office, there were at least a few trips to Mexico and one visit to Israel in 1998. Until now, Palin's travel outside the U.S. included visiting American troops in Germany and...
- 12/10/2010
- by Shushannah Walshe
- The Daily Beast
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