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FRED WATKINS / FOX NEWS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said on Fox News on Sunday in Washington that said Mitt Romney has work to do to convince GOP voters he's moved beyond his "pretty moderate past ... even in some cases a liberal past."

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Commentary: Why Palin wants a brokered Republican convention

Published: February 16th, 2012 09:48 AM
Last Modified: February 16th, 2012 09:48 AM

A Republican convention with no obvious winner from primary and caucus voting is still considered a long shot, but Sarah Palin appears to be hoping for a brokered result, writes Rachel Weiner in The Washington Post. "I would do whatever I could to help" settle a GOP convention fight, she said Wednesday on Fox News, and wouldn't rule herself out as a candidate.

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Given that Palin has faded from the political scene in recent months, it could provide her a chance to return to relevance. In theory.

Palin thrives on dissatisfaction with the current presidential field, and the longer the Republican Party fails to coalesce around a candidate, the more attention she will get as a standardbearer for unhappy conservatives.

But it's a losing gambit, for a couple reasons.