Sure, Pete, Palin says she will run for the Presidency “if there’s nobody else to do it.” But you know what: there are other people to do it! She’ll run anyway. Then she’ll lose (probably!) and perhaps she won’t sell as many magazines or drive as much blog traffic as she does now.
As for the Heilemann article positing Mayor Bloomberg splitting the vote and permitting Palin to become President on a mere plurality of the vote, well, I’m surprised that as sage a commentator as Gideon Rachman finds it “frighteningly plausible”. (Say what you will about Karl Rove but he’s more interested in winning than ideology or policy which may explain why he’s become so hostile to Palin. That, of course, is a compliment to her too.)
To be fair, Heilemann explains why – as this blog has long maintained – Palin will run for the Presidency and makes a good argument that she might win the Republican nomination.
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