Just like that Charles Krauthammer nails Sarah Palin's biggest problem if she decides to run in 2012: even more troublesome than her lack of policy knowledge is her apparent lack of desire these last two years to acquire any.
But I think in part it's that she's not practiced in policy. The Katie Couric interview she originally had was not a gotcha interview. There were fairly simple questions she had trouble answering.
I think that damaged her in the eyes of even non-ideological people.
Now I would have hoped she'd spend the next years getting really deep into policy and becoming an expert the way a lot of other candidates have done as they mature and approach the presidency. She hasn't.
She has a political star. She's out there, she's very attractive both politically and ideologically to a large segment of Republicans. But I think if you want to expand your base you have to get into policy even though it sounds dull.
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