The Unstoppable Sarah Palin

Chris Matthews sees Palin inflicting an "early knockout" in the primaries. Larison, still betting against her, argues that the GOP establishment will quash her candidacy:

Palin and Mondale are alike in that they represent the face of theparty as it was when it was defeated, but they are quite different intheir sources of support. Mondale was the candidate of the partyestablishment and important interest groups, and Palin has made a pointof aligning herself with every possible...