I'm not a Hillary fan. I'd vote for her in the general election if she were to be the nominee, but the rest of the field would have to be extremely dismal before I'd vote for her in the primary.

As for Palin, her political career is over. She resigned the governorship of a state to become a media personality. Her primary opponents would gladly use that as evidence of lack of the commitment to public service necessary to be president.

She got a freebie in 2008 by being selected as McCain's running mate without having participated in the primary process.* The only people who talked bad about her were Democrats. If she tries a run in 2016, guys like Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, and Rand Paul won't hesitate to chew her a brand new asshole.


*By the way, I believe both parties should adopt a policy of limiting the selection of vice-presidential nominees to those who actually campaigned in the presidential primaries. If they're going to be a "heartbeat away from the presidency" I'd like to know they were interested enough in the job to at least try and get it on their own merits instead of having it handed to them as first prize in a closed-door popularity contest.