Palin Couric

If Palin hopes to lead the GOP out of its rut, she will first and foremost need to transcend her current role as the character children see on the front of a GOP cereal box.

When it comes to leadership, this week proved we are living in a moment of mediocrities -- a long moment. Sarah Palin, wearing her ignorance like a beauty pageant tiara, was "annoyed" that she was asked actual questions by Katie Couric. George Bush looked the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression square in the eye...and threw up his hands. Congress stepped into the leadership void and promptly created another one. And the less said about Alberto Gonzales' week, the better. Desperate times cry out for exceptional leaders. It's not a matter of stratospheric SAT scores or Mensa-level IQs. What we need is the one thing in short supply: wisdom. It's in our DNA to fear the evil genius. But we still have to be trained to recognize the dangers of the clueless mediocrity. For those of you in the Pennsylvania area, on Monday I'll be debating Mike Huckabee in Hershey. For more information, click here.

CBS' Early Show aired some new quotes from Katie Couric's interview with Sarah Palin. While previous clips have focused on Palin's slip-ups, these are...

No, it's not her infamous Russia answer nor her inexplicable financial bailout response. It's not her latest admission that she doesn't really read any newspapers. It's an overlooked clip from the original Couric interview about Hamas.

UPDATE: Video of the Palin/Supreme Court exchange is available here. Today, the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz reported on potentially embarrassing ...

How can it be that some people still pretend that Sarah Palin is suited for high office? This country has never seen someone so comprehensively unprep...

There is some buzz stirring among the politically obsessed that CBS News is sitting on embarrassing segments from its interview with Gov. Sarah Palin ...

Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, admitting that until recently she was a vocal supporter of Sarah Palin, now says the vice presidential nominee...

Katie Couric: Why is it much more challenging there? Can you explain that? Sarah Palin: The logistics that we are already suggesting here, not having...