sarah Well, of course she's not interested in American history. Hearing her stumble over her words as she mangled the story of Paul Revere was depressingly familiar. As history professors specializing in the Revolutionary era, we have heard our share of students returning muddled answers to basic questions. The difference between them and the former half-term governor, though, is that they are generally careful not to embarrass themselves. When they haven't read the assignment, they'll lower their heads and pray the professor doesn't see them. If called out, they'll promptly admit to a lack of preparation and promise to get their act together. Few of them ever plunge into the great unknown, and flail away, as Palin does routinely, with an off-the-wall answer, followed by a next day do-over amid protest that the professor didn't get what she meant the first time. College undergraduates possess at least a modicum of self-respect.
Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman, has played down any talk of rivalry. Last week, her comments on Fox News’ "Hannity" were emblematic of how she’s dealt with the growing suggestion that there’s only room for one of them in the presidential field.
“I want to say that we are friends,” Bachmann said. "And I consider her a good friend. And I think that she is making wonderful contributions to our country. And I'm thankful that she is doing the tour. She is bringing attention to our nation's heritage, and that is all positiveBut on Tuesday, a different signal emanated from Bachmann’s camp. Her newly hired political consultant, the veteran Ed Rollins, went after Palin—hard—on a radio show.Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years,” Rollins told Fox News Radio’s Brian Kilmeade. “She got the vice presidential thing handed to her, she didn’t go to work in the sense of trying to gain more substance, she gave up her governorship.”
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