My opinion is that most of the freepers are getting too far down in the weeds on this Parker-Palin thing. Keep it simple - follow the money. Parker is taking a flier that McCain/Palin will lose and she is trying to stake out her claim on one of the lucrative MSM “house” conservative slots. George Will and Peggy (reaganwasmysockpuppet) Noonan have a lock on two of those slots. Krauthammer is making a strong bid for a seat at that table. Parker has some pretty strong competition for the few slots available and, therefore, needs this kind of stimulus-response to get her house republican creds in order.