First point. How would drafting in Palin void the vetting process? Anybody still seriously think she’s that much inferior to this field? Anybody still seriously think there are any dirty little secrets we don’t know about her?
Second point. Rick Perry never was the dream candidate. He never was Mr. Right. Starting in early October, the declared field has always been and still is a succession of Messrs. and Mrs. Right Nows.
Third point. I wouldn’t accuse anybody in the field of what Ann’s implying about Sarah Palin. I think they’re all, including Palin, doing what they’re doing in good faith. I think that realistically speaking most if not all the field, including Mitt, would have as hard a time as if not harder than Palin would have in the general, but I don’t think they’re frauds.
Fourth point. To the extent that this campaign’s getting dragged out, it’s because of the quality of the candidates in the field. Blaming the one person who opted out five, going on six, months ago is lame.
Fifth and last. Telling a pol “you can’t do a show or write a book” is like telling earlier generations of pols “you can’t do a column or do speaking engagements...or write a book”. It’s not going to happen.
She’s brilliant. She is throwing bombs and bringing Conservatives together to coalesce around a candidate other than Romney.
Personally I think she is TOFTT. And while she is doing this, the left is hating her and the middle are buying her books.
Strategery?