AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF PALIN

I'm a bit surprised that Krauthammer was this honest and I suspect he'll get a lot of e-mail from Palin's more rabid supporters. (h/t Ben Smith at Politico)

Now, as to Palin, I agree entirely with what Mara said. She is — she has star power without any doubt. She has an extremely devoted following. But she is not a serious candidate for the presidency.

She had to go home and study and spend a lot of time on issues in which she was not adept last year, and she hasn't. She has to stop speaking in clichés and platitudes. It won't work.

It could work for eight weeks if you're the number two candidate, as she was last year. But even so, she got singed a lot in that campaign. You cannot sustain a campaign of platitudes and clichés over a year and a half if you're running for the presidency.

Of course, cliches and platitudes are exactly what right-wing radio thrives on.