Christopher Orr finds Palin's current maneuvers very odd:
The obvious, obvious play for her was to move to the center to reassure moderates that she wasn't her far-right caricature and reestablish some of the different-kind-of-Republican glow that once attracted reformist conservatives such as Reihan. Instead, she's been performing partisan panders so acrobatic they'd embarrass Mitt Romney–who, unlike Palin, actually needs to build credibility on the right. Whoever is advising her these days–assuming she's taking anyone's advice at all–is hammering early nails into the coffin of her future prospects.
The Dish 