Is Palin Now the 2012 Front-Runner?

Writing at Power Line, Paul Mirengoff makes the case that Sarah Palin is leading the pack in the GOP 2012 presidential race. Is this 1964 all over again?

I haven't wanted to believe this ... but Paul Mirengoff is looking prophetic today.

[I]f Sarah Palin seeks the presidential nomination, it will be quite plausible to view her not as one of many or even "first among equals," but as the clear front-runner.

If TARP is a deal killer, then Romney is finished. If it's unacceptable to acknowledge climate change, then Pawlenty is done. Many of my friends are rallying to Mitch Daniels. I like and admire Daniels too, but it's hard to escape the feeling that he is the Bruce Babbitt of the GOP: the best nominee we never had.

That 1964 feeling is settling upon the GOP...