This gaffe comes on the "heels" of his "heel" remark.
“Once Palin endorses Norton, it’s going too be hard for Buck to win.”
I’m inclined to agree. Ken Buck is something of a gaffe machine. I’ve posted a few pro-Buck articles, but I may switch my alleagance. Although a Buck supporter, I never had anything against Jane Norton, who’s a satisfactory candidate.
I hope Palin doesn’t endorse Norton. I think if she does she’ll start to be seen as just endorsing every woman out there. I don’t know if it’s a good idea for her to be seen as playing identity politics. It would be helpful for her to endorse some men as well, and I know she has. I just don’t think it’s a good impression if people start to think that she’s just endorsing women because they’re women. Irnically enough the one woman she hasn’t endorsed is Lisa Murkowski in AK, although I think that’s more personal. Palin also endorsed then Lt Gov Parnell against Don Young, the same anti-establishment type thing. And I believe that Frank Murkowski sort of screwed her over for a Lt Gov post and then picked Lisa over her for the Senate so there nay be some bad blood there.
OTOH, she’s already endorsed most of the other women out there so people could start to wonder “why hasn’t she endorsed Norton? What’s so wrong with her that she’s the one woman Palin won’t endorse?”, so who knows?
It may not matter either way, although if a Palin endorsement propels Norton to the nomination and she wins in the fall, I’d think she’d be more likely to potentially support Palin for President.
the best approach may be to hope Norton wins without her endorsement and then endorse her for the general.
Now that was dumb.