She means business.

GOP BROTHER linked Palin's piece in WAPO on Cap and Trade- which I just read. Pretty sure we can now put to bed any idea that she intends to slip into obscurity.

-The piece is geared to Conservatives put there is plenty that will appeal to Independents.

- It is an oped in the Washington Post - a clear sign she is intends to reach beyond her base.

- Making a quick remark about the nasty political culture (that Obama has not stopped or changed.) she moves right into the issue at hand. Cap and Trade more than anything he's proposed is Obama's political Achilles heal.

- She hits Obama directly - with no apologies. This is particularly delicious:

Can America produce more of its own energy through strategic investments that protect the environment, revive our economy and secure our nation? Yes, we can. Just not with Barack Obama's energy cap-and-tax plan.

Emphasis is, of course, mine. Every time one of those annoying Obama cult slogans gets used against him it makes me smile. ("We are the one's we've been waiting for" is clearly suited for the wastrel, air head generation of college educated morons Obama appealed to. Meaninglessness that appears meaningful and stops thought cold....)

Her PAC raised 700,000 from Jan-June and another 200,000 in the days right after she announced her resignation - but an editorial in the Washington Post is the surest sign she has national intentions. Expect another ethics charge by noon, and a post from Andrew Sullivan claiming she didn't give birth to any of her children by dinner...