Part 2 of Greta Van Susteren’s interview with AK Gov. Sarah Palin aired last night on FOX News Channel.  And according to this AP article, we’ve only seen the beginning.

Palin’s stepping-out has been a marked departure for a vice presidential candidate who was held to tightly controlled appearances for much of the fall campaign.

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Palin’s role at the Republican Governors Association conference highlights her newfound popularity.

She is scheduled to speak about the GOP’s future at Thursday’s meeting in Miami, but starts her day with an informal news conference with reporters. She’ll take questions for about 20 minutes before discussing the transition of the party with other leaders, organizers said.

Introducing her will be the chairman of the association, Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

She also has two separate interviews airing on CNN on Wednesday - one with late-night host Larry King.

And liberal feminist Camille Paglia has this to say about Palin:

I like Sarah Palin, and I’ve heartily enjoyed her arrival on the national stage. As a career classroom teacher, I can see how smart she is — and quite frankly, I think the people who don’t see it are the stupid ones, wrapped in the fuzzy mummy-gauze of their own worn-out partisan dogma.

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Step by step, the mainstream media will come around, wipe its own mud out of its eyes, and see Palin for the populist phenomenon that she is.

Indeed!