“She who can rouse the base like none other is now She to Whom Respect Must Be Paid. Like it or not…

“Watching Palin drop foreign policy and economic nuggets into the twitterverse confirms that the real agenda for Palin is President Palin, and therein lies fresh terror for Republicans. She’s too powerful to ignore, and too (fill-in-the-blank) to take seriously.

“She is – in a word yet again whispered rather than uttered – ‘Dangerous.’…

“The answer, alas, is the stuff of all complicated relationships: Can’t live with her, can’t live without her.”

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