Conservative grassroots bloggers moving on from 2008 heartthrob Palin

Grassroots conservative bloggers were once Sarah Palin’s most relentless supporters. Now, though the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee says she’s “seriously interested” in a possible 2016 bid for the White House, many of the same people say they’ve moved on.

Cementing Palin’s lowered status in their minds was her much-examined speech over the weekend at a conservative summit in Iowa, attended by several potential GOP presidential candidates. A large portion of Palin’s speech was dedicated to responding to several critical news reports about her personal life. At one point, it seemed her TelePrompter went out, forcing her to ad lib.