From Alex Massie in the Spectator (UK):
Annoying people is what she likes better than almost anything else. She is, in other words, a Troll.
[A]ssuming that celebrity is now an important part of Palin Inc, running carries a risk too. What if she loses? (When she loses, that is.) Defeated primary candidates are washed-up every four years and most of them are almost never heard from again. Palin may belong in a different category but her appeal, to some extent at least, rests on the myth that she and all she stands for were betrayed by John McCain and his dastardly advisors. If she runs her own campaign and loses at least part of the marty myth must be damaged. And it's that sense of victimhood that seems to lie at the heart of Palin's political persona. In the end all the boasting and rather good jokes and stunts and provocations can't quite cover-up the self-pity at the bottom of it all.
