Poor Sarah Palin. Now that Florida voters resoundingly ignored her recommendation to vote for Newt Gingrich and “annoy a liberal,” she has suddenly become very concerned that negative campaigning is “hurting the electorate.” This from the woman who as recently as last summer suggested President Obama is a traitor who “wouldn’t have a problem” palling around with domestic terrorists. I guess she had to come up with some explanation for her lack of impact.

Palin told Fox News viewers last night: “A lot of that negativity sure didn’t paint the party and the cause in very attractive colors. I think that that hurts the electorate. Ultimately, it diminishes the energy that’s needed to head into a general. So hopefully, from henceforth, everybody will start really focusing on what’s important to debate, as we go forward.”

Right, important issues like calling President Obama a terrorist pal or suggesting he’s an anti-Christian bigot - as she did right in this segment, without any challenge from “fair and balanced” hosts Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly.

Palin continued, “The process… It unfortunately is what keeps good people from wanting to run for office and maybe being engaged in their own government process of electing our leaders.”

Paline went on to give some pointers for Mitt Romney, urging him to “talk about important things” like the economy and the deficit. “I want Governor Romney and others to start really talking, debating the solutions to problems that we face.”

I suspect that latest lecture will be taken as seriously as the one she leveled at Florida Republicans.