Palin is formidable because she has been front and center a lot longer than those planning a run for the nomination. She is eventually going to catch some head wind when the ‘12 campaign actually begins, after November. You underestimate her ability to steer when you ask for the field to be cleared and the storm to cease so she can walk on water, unopposed, to a coronation. No coronations in America, so brace yourself.
She may well catch a head wind but a tail wind would do her a lot more good.
Palin lost my support with her McAin endorsement, and there is nothing anyone can say to prove she did the right thing.
The look on McCain’s face as she endorsed him said it all, “Screw conservatives”. Palin is no more than a GOP hack.