Legend has it that all of Hollywood expected Judy Garland to win the Academy Award for her performance in 1954's "A Star Is Born." So convinced were they that, although Miss Garland had just given birth to her son Joey, reporters and cameramen set up camp in her hospital room, with Judy propped up in bed, ready to react on live TV to the glorious news.
But the moment William Holden announced Grace Kelly's name, the lights snapped off, the cameras shut down, and the media mob stampeded away. As Judy later recalled, nobody even said goodbye.
This exodus is exactly what will happen to the famous quitter from Alaska if she ever makes a formal announcement that she's not running for President.
Which is why she'll never do that very thing.
Oh, she'll fritter away the 2012 filing deadlines — skating past them by speaking vaguely of open conventions and what-not. She'll make more silly comments about career politicians and belly fires — just enough to keep her slavering fans and the gullible media on tenterhooks. But she'll never actually say, "I'm not running, folks." Because then the cameras will go away. And to Sarah Palin's ego and her relentless money machine, that would be a fate worse than death.
The good news for Democrats is twofold: One, Palin's never-ending tease continues to drive Republicans crazy. And two, she's their problem, not ours. Which makes us cats PURR.
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