Sooner or later, someone, probably Patrick Sammon from the LCR's, is going to make a "Leave Sarah Alone!" video.

OMG That cracked me up, Maura. I'm still giggling over that. I can picture it.

I agree that her willingness to be interviewed in this setting not only betrays political inexperience/inability, but lack of empathy with the public. The ridiculous stories she has been trying to sell the public during her campaigning only led me to assume she was politically inept, but I think this could point to a fundamental problem on her part. Her poor unconvincing stories and inability to spot when she is being pranked by radio jocks combined with this probably do show a quite low level of interpersonal connection.

That alone wouldn't end her for party politics as W has shown. But she has also demonstrated an inability to ever constrain her own ambitions to serve others. Even overlooking the loyalty oaths she made her subordinates sign, she overthrew one of her own to get her present position. She then screwed McCain in what may well be the most public attempt at usurpation in modern national politics. Which she followed up by trying to (at least symbolically) claim leadership at the governor's conference.

She probably won't be going away for a while. She's now the political version of Paris or Brittany. A trainwreck people can't stop watching. Though she might not know it yet, her shot at real leadership is pretty much over.

The GOP will string her along for a while to get whatever usefulness they can out of her, but I think they know she could never be trusted.