Palin's star burns brightly over our town
Philly is clearly the place for political celebrities to hang these days -- first one of those indistinguishable Iraqi pols, and now Sarah Palin is here for a whopping 48 hours, which is like 10 months in politician-dog-years, doing, well...God only knows what. Apparently, it's the Dean Martin syndrome -- everybody's got to be somewhere, and with her campaign "suspended," somewhere is Philadelphia.
The only event on her schedule: She's going to be hangin' at the Irish Pub on Friday night. Who knew that Palin had a burning desire to meet Pat Burrell.
Meanwhile, the Alaska governor finally laid out the significance of her Sino-Alaska relations strategy. I could offer some snarky comment, but in the interest of America's future, why don't you read her exchange with CBS' Katie Couric tonight and decide for yourself on her presidential readiness: