Hasta La Vista, Mrs. Palin

Click here for an article by Chris Cillizza in The Washington Post, entitled "The end of Sarah Palin is here." And indeed it is -- or at least let's hope so.

According to the article, Sarah has folded her moneymaking engine, Sarah PAC, as of the end of 2016. The object of Sarah PAC, we've been assured ever since its inception in 2008, has been to support the election campaigns of like-minded Republicans to political office. In 2010, when Sarah PAC was "functioning on all cylinders," it raised $5.6 million and spent $4.3 million. Funny thing, though: "Just $509,000 of that total — less than 12 percent of total expenditures — went to either candidates or political/party committees."

In the 2016 election cycle, Palin's Sarah PAC spent $830,000 on consultants and just $82,500 in donations to other candidates — a.k.a its ostensible purpose.

But Sarah PAC managed to spend $168,000 on travel and lodging expenses — twice as much as it donated to candidates.

The gold vein has petered out; the scam has come to an end. Time to fold your three-card monte game and scuttle off into the shadows, Sarah. Good riddance.