Sarah Palin still pushing for a Rob Maness victory in Louisiana. Dammit woman, the horse is dead! Stop beating it with that stick!

This article is from Breitbart so you know the guidelines. While I am in NO WAY encouraging people to go there internet etiquette dictates that I share the link.

So here it is.

And this is what she said:

“Those folks in Washington should visit Louisiana like I have recently,” Palin told Breitbart News exclusively when asked what to make of the GOP establishment efforts to push Maness out of the race. “The momentum, enthusiasm, and dedication for Rob Maness is real, and I've seen it – along with a few live gators! The other candidates have spent millions on the air bashing each other with uninspiring ads." 

"Rob’s hard work and his one creative gator-wrestling ad got his message out. He campaigns much like we did in Alaska – going voter to voter and door to door," she explained. "He's visited all 64 of Louisiana’s parishes in his Ford F-150. He even drove it to the event we had two weeks ago. He's had 50 town halls and is the only candidate in the race to put forward positive, conservative solutions. He is the breath of fresh air Louisianans crave, and the polling data is reflecting that." 

"I’m so glad ‘The Great One’ Mark Levin agrees and has jumped on board for Col. Maness, and I hope others will follow suit!” she stated. 

Palin has been Maness’ most high profile and powerful supporter, and her backing comes amid a difficult year for grassroots conservative candidates. 

It should be noted that in the very latest CBS/NYT/YouGov poll Maness only managed to garner 4% of the support.  The poll was taken on October 5th, which was the day before Palin posted this graphic to her Facebook page:

By the way I have no idea where Palin got those numbers but I have been unable to locate a poll that favorable to Maness ANYWHERE!

Not that it matters because even given Maness the benefit of the doubt on that 17% he still trails both Landrieu and Cassidy by double digits.

Which begs the question, "Why is Palin so fixated on this losing race in Louisiana?"

Good question. Right now there is almost certainly going to be a runoff between Landrieu and Cassidy, which most pollsters seem to believe favors Cassidy, so a few more percentage points for Maness really does not seem to mean anything in the grand scheme of things.

And if Palin keeps on pimping this guy with such determination it is only going to further damage her brand after he comes in at third place so far back from the pack.

So I am kind of at a loss at this point.