The Left is obsessed with Palin. She’s an obscure former Alaska governor whom John McCain picked as a running mate to try to salvage his flat-lining campaign. And with the stumbling, bumbling McCain at the top of the ticket, she lost. So why is she mentioned in virtually every political thread on LGF BY THE LEFTIES, who then proceed to disparage her?

If she weren’t perceived as a genuine political threat, no one would bother. In the 1850s, Abraham Lincoln was a failed, anti-war U.S. Congressman in private law practice. Ronald Reagan was a Democrat and a B-movie actor. Bush the Elder was an obscure former Texas congressman, and mediocre oil production investor.

Without being a cheerleader for Palin, this is a single poll at a moment in time. Her future, political or otherwise, is entirely up to her. My prediction: she’ll get out and make some money to pay all those legal bills. She’ll draw large crowds of adoring fans to GOP fundraisers in the South and the West. And she’ll bide her time, and wait for her opportunity.