I’m wondering if right now, Trump is thinking, even if it’s just a niggle right now, whether letting in the Palin-crazy just to bump up his appeal in bumfuck Iowa, was all that great an idea.

I mean his own carnival barker schtick notwithstanding, he had to understand that the torrent of nonsense that tumbled out of Palin’s mouth was just that. Unvarnished Id-vomit.

If her performance piece has soured things in any way for Trump, it will be delicious to see whether he trashes her in the media or cleaves to her in a desperate act of loyalty to the base that has carried him this far.

As others have pointed out, the man’s ego is so inflated and so brittle that it is, at this point, unlikely to take any setback, no matter how seemingly small (especially if it’s a symbolic loss like Iowa might be) without utterly collapsing.
Fear of failure might be what prompted him to bring Palin to bear and given everyone has their price, especially grifters, I’d only have to ask how much he paid her.

I know we’ve seen these false dawns before, but it would be a beautiful sunrise indeed.