I remember the 'appointed dem judges' theme with Palin, then found out that she had to pick from 3 dem judges - something like that. But this 'old crap' from Perry was him being himself, choices he made, choices that no one likes. I don't quite see them as the same thing. You may have other attacks on Palin in mind, so maybe these attacks are closer to the same thing than I think they are.
As an Iowa caucus attender, I do get a (small) say in who our next candidate is. Last time around I voted for Fred, Romney won my precinct (and will again, a lot of Mormons) and Huck did well (a lot of my church friends supported Huck...I didn't get it).
The article of this thread has been blown up to be rubbish! Do you care? Do the Palinstinians care? No.