It's always interesting to observe which of the stories that seem to be major headlines in the blogosphere eventually make it through some mysterious editorial filter and onto the radar screens of the MSM, to become part of wider national narrative.

The Palin wardrobe fiasco was one that did. Another that should, and it will be interesting to watch if it does, is today's Politico piece by Ben Smith about the Palin insurgency roiling the McCain campaign. Smith's article arrives on the heels of or in tandem with Robert Draper's article in tomorrow's NYT Magazine.

The thread running between both articles raises grave questions about John McCain's leadership and executive abilities. For instance, where is John McCain as all the turmoil, finger pointing and ass-covering is going on? Why hasn't he exerted some of the vaunted leadership experience his campaign trumpets? If he can't control and manage a campaign staff and organization, what would his White House be like? Imagine how chaotic and dysfunctional it might be when the pressures are greater, when there are many more competing centers of gravity, and the stakes much higher.

Will the MSM see those questions the same way? And if it does, will it pose them in such a way that the answers scare the dickens out everyone? And will those answers become one of the final shovels of dirt on the McCain campaign? Stay tuned.