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From the "Faint Praise" file.
Upper Left — Josh Marshall... ...I think there’s a small chance there’s no specific scandal and that Palin is just very mentally unstable.Actually, having an elected official with that degree of mental instability seems specifically scandalous to me, although many Republicans doubtless disagree. ...

Palin's perilous prospects?
Political Animal — ... governor, Palin hasn't accomplished much, hasn't demonstrated mastery of any area of public policy, and was found to have violated state ethics laws. If she runs for the Republican nomination in 2012, Palin has the kind of record that her rivals are likely to exploit to great effect. The only high-profile pundits I've noticed praising these bizarre developments are Mary Matalin and Bill Kristol, and both of them have poor analytical skills. Summarizing the bottom line, Josh Marshall makes the case that Palin is finished. You could keep plumbing the depths of this ...

Josh Marshall on Sarah Palin: She's Done
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... The astonishing thing about Sarah Palin is her claim that Sean Parnell will be a better governor of Alaska than she would be. But in that case, why run for office in the first place? Why did she not simply support Parnell in 2006? My head spins. Josh Marshall: She's Done | TPM: TPM Reader MC checks in ... Am I living in Bizarro world? Does anyone really think that there is any realistic way Palin could be a candidate for President after resigning as governor? Yet pundit after pundit is saying this ...

The Emperor Has No Clothes
The Anonymous Liberal — ... to the contrary -- that by quitting her only significant governmental job before serving out her first term, and doing so in a complete train wreck of a speech, Palin actually strengthened her 2012 prospects. And though many on the right are belatedly acknowledging that the Emperor has no clothes, many others continue to insist that Palin is a viable presidential candidate and that her decision to step down may have been a "shrewd" one. As Josh Marshall so perfectly put it earlier today: [A]ny pundit who thinks this is some risky but ...

7/6: So Long, Sarah
Blogometer — ... believe that ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney is now the frontrunner for the '12 GOP presidential nod. Meanwhile, lefty bloggers agree with their righty counterparts that Palin is no longer a legitimate Presidential contender. Josh Marshall declares: "[W]hat very little shot she had as a future presidential candidate (and it was a much longer shot than I think many realized) is over. She's done." PALIN: Stick A Fork In Her Many conservative bloggers believe that Palin has permanently damaged any Presidential hopes she might have had: Other righty bloggers were even more critical of ...