PROF. JACOBSON: Can Any Republican Presidential Candidate Withstand Being Palinized?

He’s right about what this requires from the GOP field. And I should note that Pawlenty’s moment of weakness regarding the unfair Loughner-based attacks on Sarah Palin hurt him a lot — and probably not just in my estimation. Likewise Gingrich’s backstab at Paul Ryan, which basically ended his campaign before it started. You won’t get the nomination — and you surely won’t win the election — by cozying up to Big Media folks.