I see Krauthammer took a shot a Palin today - essentially saying that she's responsible for that wackadoo getting the nomination in Delaware so she should go to Delaware and make sure the wackadoo gets elected otherwise she will have cost the GOP its chance at taking over the senate. I agree - everything I've read about O'Donnell [the wackadoo] makes it fairly clear that she's a carpetbagger, she runs for office repeatedly as a way of making a living - she's nuts - she obviously recognized the Tea Party's fondness for supporting 'unusual' candidates and exploited this compulsion to make one more unwarranted run at a senate seat so that I guess she can pay her rent for the next year - that's what I see - con artist.
What's curious is that only Rove and now Krauthammer have had the guts to step forward and state this obvious fact - everybody's afraid of pissing off the Tea Party - which means Palin really can't back track now, she's painted into a corner. If O'Donnell pulls off a miracle and wins, Palin looks like genius and she's on her way to the White House - on the other hand if O'Donnell turns into the electoral embarrassment that seems inevitable and thereby turns independents off of the GOP and improves Obama's fortunes - is Palin then toast? A very curious situation developing here.
update: right on cue Sarah takes to the teleprompter yesterday and grabs the challenge by the throat, sending out a rallying cry to all elements of the GOP to embrace the Tea Party so the party as a whole can be reborn and the country with it etc etc - again showing why only a fool would dismiss her - yes, she could be a not so bright, not so stable self promoter - or she could be in possession of political skills and instincts that put her on par with masters like Clinton and Reagan - it's not clear. So I see one of three things happening: O'Donnell turns into an embarrassment that spills over onto all Tea Party candidates and alienates independents and costs the GOP significant gains in November - this would be a disaster for Palin and probably bring her run to an end; O'Donnell doesn't win but does ok and more importantly does nothing to damage the reputation of other 'insurgent' candidates - that's a win for Palin because Tea Partiers will respect her willingness to take a risky stand for the cause; O'Donnell wins - huge win for Palin, will be impossible not to take seriously after that.
