Examining Sarah Palin's Ego

I'm number one

David Letterman joined Tina Fey as a member of Sarah Palin's supporting cast last week.
Letterman got cheap laughs and attention; Palin got a fresh supply of umbrage—and attention.
Palin is both comfortable and adept at these tabloid squabbles-certainly more than she seems ever likely to be in a substantive environment. Parrying political opponents about policy, or responding to serious queries about the state of the world is just not what Palin does. Even her attacks on President Obama have a canned quality, something along the lines of . . . "socialism, yadda yadda yadda." She leaves the details to Romney or Huckabee or perhaps next week's guest star.
By contrast, Palin seems genuinely animated by her contests with late-night comedians and she is always well-versed in the subject matter, which is, in order:

1. Sarah Palin;
2. What the cultural elite thinks of Sarah Palin;
3. What her supporters properly understand about what the cultural elite thinks of Sarah Palin;
4. Why Sarah Palin, and people who identify with Sarah Palin, are correct to resent the cultural elite for what it thinks of Sarah Palin.
The Week's Francis Wilkinson editorial HERE