What is Sarah Palin's game? Does she want to be Newt's vice-presidential pick?No. When Newt Gingrich dropped her name as a potential running mate, he was pandering to Tea Partiers just as much as he was mentioning Marco Rubio as a possible veep choice to Florida Republicans in the last debate. Sarah Palin knows that. Her time as a serious candidate for any office, assuming she ever truly enjoyed one, has passed. I assume she knows that, too.
As for why she is so adamantly backing Gingrich, I assume she is trying to hold on to her conservative icon status. It I probably no coincidence she agreed to keynote the 2012 CPAC and began cheerleading for Gingrich shortly after there were no takers for her latest reality show idea. You know, the one featuring her husband snowmobiling that barely registered on anyone’s radar? Her punditry is the only thing she has left, so she has to keep her ultraconservative fan base on her side.
I would not necessarily discount the idea Palin and Gingrich have become friends since they both worked at FOX News. I suspect she is more motivated by self-interest than to help out a buddy, but just throwing it out there. Palin has a history of doing weird and impulsive things for reasons that are not often clear.
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