I have puzzled over Sarah Palin endlessly, why did she blow the interviews (being a trained journalist herself)? Why did she retire as Governor? Why give an interview in front of a Turkey beheading machine?

I know many will write her off as schtupid, but then you will have to account for how she got into the remarkably influential position that she has, admired by millions whose voting ability is identical to yours.

I guess my question is: Why won’t she grow? OK you got your butt kicked by Couric over Russia, so go take a semester of Russian and get invited by some Moscow event where you’re filmed speaking some basic stuff in Russian. Its not a hard fix, but she doesn’t do that. Or anything that would buff her image with the Northeastern conservative intellectuals.