Let's see. Sarah Palin has hired no political staff, to speak of. She timed her recent bus tour only to eclipse publicity of the Palin-skewering Blind Allegiance, or so the patently serendipitous timing would seem. Her favorability numbers within the GOP are diving, or have done dove. The conservative wagons are beginning to circle around establishment Romney and tea-partying Bachmann. Conspicuously Palin has made no attempts to familiarize herself with, uh, the issues? Like Mike Huckabee, she has retained her contract with Fox News, while genuine candidates were chased from the network. She was indifferent to governing when she governed, and she couldn't wait to cancel that contract. She is making loads of money.
Now Fergus Cullen, a former New Hampshire GOP chairman, tells Politico:
I’ve become convinced that there is no grand strategy behind Palin’s activity. There is no rhyme. There is no reason. The only common theme to her schedule of activities, statements and appearances is her seemingly unending ability to attract media coverage.
So, what does Politico conclude about the odds of a Palin presidential run?
[T]he mystery continues.
The media can't do it. They, like a cuckolded husband, just can't bring themselves to acknowledge the distressing reality that the easy woman of their sensationalist dreams is playing them for a fool. She only has to bat her lashes and flash an immodest come-hither look and back they race, swooning and speculating that she's theirs, all theirs, faithfully, once again.