[sportutegrl]

Clinging to their compliments regarding former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s (R) healthcare law, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman’s (R) fine work as ambassador to China and the prospect that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) will somehow be nominated by the GOP, Team Obama has begun to accept that the audacity of hoping for an anemic Republican field won’t get President Obama reelected in 2012.

I'm having a hard time unpacking this paragraph-sentence. Is the author saying that Palin's being nominated by the GOP would mean that there is no 'hope of an anemic Republican field?'

[Palmetto Patriot]

Is the author saying that Palin's being nominated by the GOP would mean that there is no 'hope of an anemic Republican field?'

Team Obama believed that Romney, Huntsman, Palin, and the rest of the field are flawed candidates that can easily be beaten.

They are coming to the realization that their own candidate is weak, and could quite possibly be beaten by a three legged dog.

They are getting nervous.