[eclecticEel]

Since announcing her resignation, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been pummeled by critics who have called her incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck."

So pretty much nothing's changed.

[Tax Government]

The title overstates the content of the article. There is no “opening fire” of pundits on her; some had doubts about whether she would win — that’s a normal kind of reaction for the most part. Such self-anointed party experts have been perennial losers when it comes to creating a national conservative movement.

It’s telling that there is no provision for readers to enter a response at the bottom of the article. If they did, L.A. Times readers would get an avalanche of contrary opinions.