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From one of the comments: From troopergate to the bridge to nowhere; calling her grandson her child; her several extra-marital affairs; her quitting halfway through most jobs she takes; her absolute total lack of interest in anything intellectual or worldly; her intolerance, and her total infatuation with money, she exhibits the worst qualities of which the rest of the world despises about Americans.

That someone can write this--and believe it--shows in what kind of fix Palin found herself in July, 2009. The political Establishment had obviously decided to take her out, by the techniques they used. If they had left her alone, and she had had to do the hard work of dealing with a legislature that was no longer friendly, abandoned by the Democrats and not fully supported by the Republicans, she would be running hard for re-election this year. Even if she won, all she would have established was her competence. But they had set out to break her, because she had engendered raw hatred among the Feminists and liberals of the East and West Coast, and jealousy among the supporters of the Republican Establishment figures. So they tried overkill. After shooting her in the leg, they missed with the head shot. and she has returned fire. Not the usual, but a veritable fusillade.

What our enemies realizes-- and this chills their blood--is that she has pushed herself forward using many of the same skills that led Obama to the presidency. Except for the meltdown in September, 2008, Obama would not be president today. They are afraid that given the right situation, Palin will push herself to the forefront, just as Obama did. Of course, she will not have the backing of the Establishment. And she must somehow gain the support of the libertarians and others who still are turned off by her social conservatism. BUT suppose they are confronted by the NEED of a champion of small government, who makes the taming of Obama's leviathan government, the main standard.

If, as we fear, the governmental beast begins to tear at the fabric of society and enough voters begin to see, then they may turn to her as once they turned to Reagan. She is not going to get much help from the Republican Party until she reaches that point. A large section of the party did not like Reagan. But if 2012 is like 1980, especially if the voters this year will punish the Democrats in Congress enough, and if Obama does not manage to claim a moral victory by reducing losses, then even the SUITS might find her acceptable. In any case, Palin may find herself with a strong enough base to decide who the candidate will NOT be.