Gingrich might have the inside track for Palin's endorsement

While Palin has characteristically kept her cards close to her chest, advisers suggest that the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee is likely to endorse before someone emerges as the inevitable nominee — and that Newt Gingrich appears to be best-positioned to secure her support.

“They speak very favorably of Newt and what they see as his credentials as compared to Perry and Romney,” one member of Palin’s inner circle said of the former Alaska governor and her husband, Todd, who has long served as her unofficial chief adviser…

“She’s very focused on crony capitalism and the permanent political class,” a second Palin adviser said, pointing to her recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on the topics. “That’s her emphasis. She’s looking for candidates to pick that up.”…

“[Gingrich] is the poster boy for what she rails against,” said a strategist for a rival campaign that has been actively courting Palin for support.