Look, as a Democrat, I’m happy when people talk up Donald Trump and Sarah Palin as potential GOP nominees, not just because they’d make terrible general election candidates but because the GOP “brand” is hurt by its association with these two grifters. So I’m not bad that Mark Halperin is talking them up, not at all. But, seriously, why is he doing this? What’s in it for him? (h/t commenters hilts)
And she quit the governorship — I’m not here as an apologist for her — under the laws of the state her family was going to be bankrupt by litigation and public records requests. She wasn’t interested in doing that. I’m not saying that’s a positive for her, but I don’t think it’s a reflection of her ambition, her level of ambition or her interest in public service.
[….]I think he’s (Trump’s) much more serious about running before than you do. He spent a fair amount of time about talking to people working for his campaign. I don’t know why he would have gone through hours and hours of meetings if it were all just a charade.
[……] [H]e (Trump), like Sarah Palin, looks at this field and says, this is a field that can be taken down by a strong, late entry. And if you’ve got the ability to manipulate the media as both of them do to an extraordinary extent, you could imagine a scenario of getting in late and riding a populist wave to the Republican nomination.
We’re going to get some form of serious GOP daddy in 2012, someone that Ruth Marcus can imagine having a thoughtful conversations about the moral imperative of moving towards Vouchercare. Perhaps the Village can celebrity makeover Palin or Trump into such a daddy, but I doubt it.