Ben Smith:
Palin retrenches
Two essentially defensive moves today, moving Palin farther from a 2012 bid that's looking increasingly unrealistic.
She set up a legal defense fund in Alaska, run by a close local friend; and she parted ways with one of her few Washington-based political aides, online fundraiser Becki Donatelli.
On the other hand, doesn't this make a Michael Steele presidential bid more likely?