Palin/Bachmann 2012!!

Please God -- let this happen:

HANNITY: Are either one of you considering a run for the presidency in 2012? Just asking. Governor Palin, I’ll start — I’ll start with you. But before I get their answers, how many of would you like to see a Palin-Bachmann ticket?

PALIN: Well that sounds kind of cool. That sounds kind of cool.

HANNITY: Governor Palin, are you thinking about a run again?

PALIN: As I have said, I’m not going to close any doors that perhaps would be open.

By the way, on the issue of Republicans who don't know what the hell they are talking about, here is an excellent article concerning a recent interview with Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. I found this exchange on the pre-existing conditions issue to be particularly interesting:

If you somehow tell companies they can no longer deny coverage of pre-existing conditions, you need to provide them another way to eliminate free riders. Under the new law, individual mandates are that tool. As long as everyone is required to have coverage, nobody can game the system and there’s no longer any justification to deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions.

So if the GOP plan is going to ensure that pre-existing conditions are covered, as Chambliss and McConnell suggested, how would they do it without individual mandates? What mechanism would they use?

Chambliss and McConnell had no answer. Literally.

After Chambliss fumbled an initial response, McConnell broke in with a long and familiar condemnation of the Democratic plan, including its failure to include tort reform. After a few minutes, I interrupted and brought him back to the question: OK, but how are the Republicans going to cover pre-existing conditions?

“The premiums are going up either way,” he said.

OK, I responded, a little stunned. That doesn’t explain how the Republicans intend to cover pre-existing conditions.

“The premiums are going up either way,” he repeated. That was that. We moved on, and I still don’t have my answer.

Don't forget -- the individual mandate was originally a GOP idea. It's pretty clear to me that the Republicans did not think it through when they decided to support coverage for pre-existing conditions but not support the individual mandate, which was their idea in the first place.