creditworthy tiffany customers. still, experts say very few americanings cou americans could qualify for the same deal. you have to have great wealth to qualify for a quarter million to half million dollar line of credit to ftiffany s. reporter: the price, $45,000. political analysts say that just as john edwards became defined by his $400 haircuts, newt gingrich risks becoming known for bling. which may make it even harder for the candidate to relate to voters struggling in a fragile economy and working to pay off their own credit line at sears. look, most people don t have homes that cost $500,000 let alone jewelry bills of that amount. it s not something that people can relate to.
politics to become sarah palin, inc. she is a celebrity and that can be the kiss of death for many candidates. there s some positives and negatives that go with that. she has to prove she has the political heft to move forward as a presidential candidate. there are a lot of independents, a lot of republican voters who want to see if she can be serious about that chal len. let s think about prakt calitys. one writer has drawn attention to the lack of organizational development on her part. he says there remains no evidence in any caucus state that she or her political team are doing anything to lay the groundwork for a 2012 bid. doesn t this lack of planning suggest this might just be another stunt to keep her name in the headlines as opposed to a really serious run for the highest office in the land? i think a lot of voters are probably wondering that. we just saw the whole media
engender speculation she s going to be a formidable candidate whether it be for this turn at the presidency or future political ambitions. and that s kind of the power, the political power, and the media frenzy she can create. isn t this more to do with the fact that she sees in mitt romney and tim pawlenty two, i want to be polite, less than stellar candidates, and realizes that compared to them she has a far greater public profile, far more charisma? there s no doubting her ability to evangelize a certain element of the republican party. she does generate a lot of financial support, especially on the internet. she s a social media maven. she can basically kind of take all the oxygen in the room and that does pose a problem for our other candidates. but the issue with this, i would say the republican party owes her a debt of paying attention to what she s doing. she s definitely somebody who is not always taken seriously.
she has shown she has some political chops at this level. does she want to do the heavy lifting of launching a national campaign? has she done the homework to prepare herself as a candidate? i think there s a lot of skepticism there, but at the same time she owes it to the republican party to show her intention. does she want to be a serious candidate and if not, she needs to remove herself. you re talking about the future, but this week a former staffer, frank bailey, published a book entitled blind e allegiance to sarah palin. he points to some real problems with her as an individual. if she does come out of the relative safety of her own media operation, do you honestly think she will be able to cope with the level of krut scrutiny that be applied to her? i think it s going to be a significant challenge, no doubt about that. i mean, she has transcended