COSTELLO: She's back. Sarah Palin is edging herself back into politics and selling a book at the same time. The book is called "Good Tidings And Great Joy, Protecting The Heart Of Christmas," and that certainly was the theme for Palin this weekend when she spoke at an important Iowa gathering surrounded by Tea Party stalwarts. Her message: Christmas is under assault from atheist and secular forces and portends a larger battle.</s>PALIN: The war on Christmas is just the tip of the spear and a larger battle to marginalized expressions of faith and make America's true religious freedom just a thing of the past so often, the people who are too enlightened for religion, for church, they're the very same people who have a zealot-like faith of their own church, which happens to be the church of big government.</s>COSTELLO: A church of big government that certainly was the theme. Joining me now, CNN political commentator, Ana Navarro, she is in New York, and in Wisconsin, CNN commentator and ESPN senior writer, L.Z. Granderson. Welcome to you both.</s>L.Z. GRANDERSON, CNN COMMENTATOR: Good morning.</s>COSTELLO: Good morning. So Ana, is Sarah Palin's message resonating for most Republicans?</s>ANA NAVARRO, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Carol, I don't know what to tell you. I think, look, Sarah Palin is no longer a Republican elected official. She's a commentator. She is somebody wanting to sell books. I think that when she said something controversial, when she does this type of thing and then gets attention by what she's surely going to call the "lamestream media," which I think means you and me, it's good for book sales.
Palin Returns, Slams War On Christmas and Big Government In Iowa Speech