Palin theories

Mickey Kaus has these theories:

I can see 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Palin theories ... and counting: 1) She's running for president; 2) She's undergoing fame withdrawal and plans to get more attention in the lower 48; 3) She wants to cash in ($); 4) There's another shoe about to drop; 5) She'll now run against Murkowski for Senate. 6) She needs to tend to her family. 7) She's bonkers. 8) She's preggers. 9) She wants to "effect positive change outside government at this point in time on another scale and actually make a difference for our priorities." 10) Actually being a governor in a recession is no fun. Gives you ulcers. 11) She worried she wasn't giving "Alaska's issues" the attention they deserve, and was being criticized for that; 12) She's "fed up with politics ... the personal garbage" etc.. 13) She wants to fight back without one hand tied behind her back. 14) The Alaska legislature now hates her; ... These theories are not necessarily mutually exclusive. ... I have no fish in this hunt. ... Update: Mediaite has an intravenous drip. ... see also HuffPo ... and NRO ... Murphy is morphing! ... The Daily Beast has a mere 11 theories. ...

The Daily Beast link at the end is worth checking out.

I'm still struck by the timing: Often on Friday afternoon's politicians will do what's called a news dump: Dump the bad news you don't want people to talk about. By doing it on a Friday people are into weekend mode and by Monday it is hoped the bad news will have dissipated. The Clinton's started this practice in earnest in the early '90's and the Bush and Obama teams have perfected it.

A Friday on a holiday weekend is the mother of all news dumps. Americans love their three day weekends and most have much more exciting plans than reading the latest on Sarah Palin.

To say there's obviously more to this story may be the understatement of the year.