It’s a hole he dug for himself, putting himself first while claiming that he was putting the country first. Now he is a a dead-end, or at the bottom of the pit. He claims he is demonstrating “leadership” but his problem is that he has no “followship”. His conservative base in the House is deserting him like rats on a ship, to mix metaphors. Obama should ask him what leadership means if two-thirds of your party go the opposite direction.

He says now is not the time to fix blame, as he fixes the blame, or tries to fix the blame on Obama. His side kick is going to bumble all over this one on Thursday, especially because everything will change on Thursday and her cue cards will not be up-to-date. Like Louis “Sachmo” Armstrong who invent scat when his music sheets fell to the floor, Palin will have to invent replies or whatever, as she likes to say. Actually she already invents nonsense answers, but she is giving scat a bad name.

It couldn’t happen to a nicer couple.