I think these two sentences from Marc Ambinder are in a certain tension with each other …
If Palin gets smarter and more serious, if she embraces reality, then she can probably change the perception that many Americans have of her. Palin can be formidable and a real player in American politics, if she wants to.
What a pity that so many pixels have to die a meaningless death just to spin out narratives about how this ignoramus can cease to be who she is.
(ed.note: This post has been revised since first publication. Though I had originally used the word ‘moron’, I decided this was too ungenerous, harsh and perhaps even inaccurate and opted for the more descriptive and I think appropriate ‘ignoramus’.)
