Sarah Being Sarah

Tuesday morning update: Sarah's endorsement didn't help enough, because The Donald came in second in the Iowa caucus, just barely ahead of Marco Rubio who was third. Trump's concession speech was uncharacteristically gracious and even more surprising, as of 9.00 central time Tuesday morning, he hasn't issued forth with any wisdom on Twitter. Politico's having some fun with that, posting an "Hours since Donald Trump last tweeted" countdown clock on their homepage. Check it out here.

Update: One more link, to a story at The Daily Beast, just because I like the headline: "Sarah Palin freaks out on Today Show over PTSD question." Read it here.

Original post:
Sarah Palin was on the Today show this morning, and to quote the New York Daily News, it did not end well. She started by taking credit for Ted Cruz's election to the Senate, then told him to stay there: ("I wanna keep him in the Senate...") When asked if Donald Trump is the godly candidate Iowa evangelicals are looking for, she used a lot of words to avoid having to say no, complete with air quotes: ("I hope voters aren't trying to find the most Christian-y, godliest candidate out there...")

Finally, when asked about her comments blaming President Obama for her son's PTSD, she said she came on the show to talk about the Iowa caucuses and had been promised that she wouldn't be asked about "her kids." Then she launched into her trademark victim/martyr mode, saying "But as things go in the world of media, you guys don't always keep your promises, evidently."

As things go in the world of media, it's getting a lot of coverage, evidently:

"Sarah Palin flips out on Today" New York Daily News
"Sarah Palin: I didn't lay PTSD at the foot of the president" Washington Times
"Sarah Palin's 'Today Show' interview just got really awkward, really fast" Mashable
"Sarah Palin explodes after 'Today' anchors force her to explain why she blamed Obama for her son's arrest" Raw Story
"Sarah Palin denies saying the thing she said" Gawker

Even People magazine got into the act, with a story at people.com: "Sarah Palin denies blaming Obama for son's PTSD in heated Today interview:" 'What did I say that was offensive?" (Read it here.)

And, for the record, Matt Lauer pushed back about that promise: "There were no specific promises made about content of the interview, only that this would be your first interview since you endorsed Donald Trump."