Score one for the Federalist Nation. Mitt kept his cloaking device operational, waiting until the eleventh hour before announcing his opposition to the bi-partisan budget debt ceiling agreement, his finger still wet from the spit and cold from the crisp northern air. See, this is what Democrats typically do. During the primaries they play to their base, and then in the general election they try to pivot towards the center, staying just far enough to the left to legitimately claim they are a "new kind of Democrat". Republicans are no different, only they usually make their way leftward to the center right.
Palin denounced this tactic last night on Hannity, while simultaneously applauding Michelle Bachmann's determined and principled stand against the agreement.
So is she finally ready to make her announcement? Is she running? She wouldn't go any further than to say she was seriously mulling it over. Its worth noting though that Sean Hannity all but declared his belief that she was going to run, to which she responded with-a smile, nothing more.
If its going to happen, it will probably be around Labor Day when she declares, which is the traditional day for such announcements. It's starting to look like good strategy, if true.
