Michael Wolff: The Palin plan is working

Newser.com founder Michael Wolff, although he doesn't really understand Sarah Palin, has nevertheless written an op-ed which is going to cause much gnashing of teeth among Palin critics, including those at Vanity Fair, where Wolff is a columnist. Some choice excerpts:

While the usual political news sources have seen everything going wrong for Palin—scandal, personal oddness, intra-party hostilities, myriad family problems—everything, in fact, has been going right for her. The Palin plan is working.

She’s built a capable staff that’s shielding her and providing her with some basic political professionalism —- she made her foreign-policy debut in Hong Kong last week without incident. She’s touring the country on behalf of local Republicans, building up a bank of politico IOUs. She’s got a fund-raising effort going that’s aping the Obama Internet campaign (she may be the savviest buyer of search terms in politics). And, with her blowout book, she’s going to secure personal wealth as well as mightily advance her brand.

Also, contrary to the early reports of her demise, she seems to be having the time of her life.

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Sarah Palin is just getting started.

Listen. Hear that grinding noise? All those teeth are going to need capping, a bonanza for dentists.

- JP