I think loony-tune Palin not supporting Christie is going to help him in the long run. The far-right has had their fun running the Republican Party and the sane politicians are starting to prevail. If the Republicans plan on putting Cruz, Rubio, or Paul on their ticket...they will give the Democrats the keys to the White House for another term or two. Palin did get rich off of the Republican media and reactionary orgy over her presence, she used to be a sideshow and now, sadly, she is one of their voices. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard of Republicans becoming registered Democrats because the party became so extreme. I also was unaware that "compromise" was such a bad word for the far right...which again, won't get them anywhere on a national scale.
Kind of hard to get the votes of women, minorities, LGBT community, and the young population when your policies are alienating them all.
Philip