[MD] President Palin?

[John Carl]

I called it.  Write it down.  Just like when Obama was endorsed by Kennedy,
I knew he'd probably be prez, when I saw Palin on Fox I figured it looks
like fait accompli time.

The factors to consider:

Nobody can fix the problems in the economy and that makes the incumbent the
scapegoat.

Palin looks good on camera, and especially so when she's got media experts
massaging her words, tweaking her make-up, telling her the  answers to her
scripted questions.  Give her a couple years of practice and she should have
the whole shtick memorized.  It worked for Reagan when he parlayed years as
a GE flack into a glib presentation that sells, sells, sells.

As a woman, she  neutralizes Obama's "underdog minority" card.

As a woman, she channels that nurturing but tough Thatcher effect which is
gonna be needed as soon as economic reality really starts to hit home.

And on a side note, does anybody on this list enjoy the NPR News-Game show,
"Wait Wait Don't Tell Me", as much as me?