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Sarah Palin has gone from “considering” a campaign for the presidency to “seriously considering” it in 2016.<\/p>\n

Oh, boy. This is getting fun.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2015\/01\/27\/palin_hits_quasi-conservative_fox_on_fox_dings_oreilly_for_calling_potential_candidacy_reality_show.html<\/p>\n

Palin dinged Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly for having the temerity to refer to a possible Palin campaign as a “reality show.” She went after who she calls “quasi-conservatives,” who, I guess, aren’t like her, which I suppose is a “true conservative.”<\/p>\n

Truth be told, I no longer recognize the modern version of conservatism as I’ve always understood its political meaning.<\/p>\n

A part of me laughs off a possible Palin candidacy. It cannot possibly be serious. Indeed, in the book “Game Change,” a chronicle of the 2008 presidential campaign, key advisers to Republican nominee Sen. John McCain acknowledged not vetting Palin after her name emerged as a possible pick to join McCain on the Republican ticket. McCain’s senior political adviser Steve Schmidt acknowledges now that it was a huge mistake to select Palin to run with McCain.<\/p>\n

Yet, another part of me would welcome a Palin campaign, perhaps for the same reason I’m cheering for Mitt Romney to run again. Mitt made some goofs while running for president in 2012. Palin has written the book on gaffes, blunders and foul-ups since her 2008 campaign for VP. So, maybe this is her chance at redemption.<\/p>\n

Sounds good, yes? Sure, except that Mitt is a serious politician, while Sarah Barracuda is not.<\/p>\n

Mitt can redeem his reputation. Palin is a lost cause.<\/p>\n

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