As if the “Palin wasn’t any worse than Obama” wasn’t bad enough, how many people at FR really think the “Palin isn’t really that much worse than Romney” is a rational argument?
No, the real situation is that Mitt should have gone by what Palin did—but she hadn’t had the chance set the standard yet. (And Mitt chose not to follow Weld’s lead in giving Lt Cellucci the lead time that he clearly needed!)