Amongst Republicans, thanks to Palin and a recent story in Vanity Fair.

Funny. Notes Sullivan:

What I make of it is that the selection of Sarah Palin was one of the most absurd, nutty, cynical and incompetent decisions in the modern history of American campaigning. And the Republican party, far from trying to understand how they made such a reckless decision, remains in total denial. Kristol and Barnes chief among them. The in-fighting is a function of both the chaotic management style of John McCain, the psycotic nature of Palin and the toujours l’audace mentality of the Kristol brigade. They all deserved each other - and the party and political tradition they have collectively destroyed.

Well, Palin was the culmination of that political tradition, or the recent political tradition. All style, agonizingly little substance. Calucluated to appeal to suburban moms and lascivious balding white men, to the GOP base. What did she know? She didn’t have to know a damned thing. She was a marketing ploy. And still is.