[Prokopton]

I reject the author's premise. The time to defend Bachmann is if she somehow wins the nomination. If she can't defend herself during the primaries, then she has no business running for President.

Then ,of course, we should do nothing to defend Palin who not only has not won the nomination but isn't even a candidate.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Then ,of course, we should do nothing to defend Palin who not only has not won the nomination but isn't even a candidate.

Palin doesn't need defending. What's been said about her has already been said and she'll just ignore the media and go directly to the people.