Conservative columnist David Brooks just went public again with his
criticisms of Sarah Palin. "She's a joke. I can't take her seriously,"
he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos.

The question other members of the press are asking is whether he will
codify his statements in print at The New York Times this time around.

A month before last year's presidential election Brooks admitted to a
forum in Manhattan that Palin was "not even close" to qualified for
higher office. However, he failed to reveal the opinion in multiple
columns after the comment. At the time, he was called "frighteningly
dishonest" by Editor & Publisher's Greg Mitchell, who suggested he
should debate himself on PBS.

There was little debate, however, on This Week Sunday. The other
conservative on the panel with Brooks, George Will, isn't buying into
the Palin frenzy either.

Will said he thinks Republicans can do better. "Some conservatives
think they have found in Sarah Palin a Republican William Jennings
Bryan," he said. "Now, why would they want someone who lost the
presidency three times?"

Brooks may have also alluded to his feelings about Mike Huckabee's
presidential hopes, adding, "The idea that this potential talk show
host is considered seriously for the Republican nomination, believe
me, it will never happen.

"Republican primary voters are not going to elect a talk show host,"
he said.