As Sarah Palin. And yes, she probably WILL run for president, I think she feels she can handle it, as she derides Obama for being a community organizer at one time, and therefore feels her mayoral experience and governorship of Alaska constitute the necessary experience for being president of the USA.

The sad part is, the YEARS of hyper intense study that he had to undergo at the prodding of an intractable mother, which culminated in scholarships to Harvard and a professorship in constitutional law at the University of Chicago (as chronicled in his first book, one I cannot recommend highly enough: “Dreams of my Father”), passes unnoticed in Sarah Palin-land.

He is eloquent because he has read more words in his life than about 1/3 of the GOP *combined*. If that is something of an exaggeration, it is not too far off the mark. Worse, not only can few in the GOP dispute that claim publicly (or risk being part of the “liberal education establishment”), they see it as an asset - their ignorance shtick (to the extent that it is a show) approximates them to their constituents, á la “rancher” Bush.

Maybe all of the above is why I get such a kick out of Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin. Awesome.