I’m going to go out on a limb and say it was done ever-so-slightly tongue in cheek.  But there was Mika Brzezinski on Morning Joe today, sporting a Team Sarah button and identifying herself as a proud Palinite. Joe Scarborough spoke at CPAC yesterday, and Mika accompanied him, stopping by the Team Sarah booth along the way.  As she told it . . .

MIKA BRZEZINSKI: I went to the Team Sarah booth. I got a couple of things. I’m thinking my dad isn’t watching yet, so I’ll share: I got my daughter Team Sarah hats. I got my husband one. And I went home to my parents house yesterday and put a pink “I Love Sarah” bumper sticker on my dad’s car!

JOE SCARBOROUGH: Zbig’s not going to be happy, Willie! It’s going to get ugly very quickly.

WILLIE GEIST: Feels good, doesn’t it though, Mika? Doesn’t it feel good to get on Team Palin?  Welcome aboard.

BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. Oh, I’m on Team Sarah. Yeah. I’m ridin’ the Sarah train!

Sure, there might have been just a tad of irony there, but good on Mika anyhow for pulling it off with good humor.  And wouldn’t you love to see a video clip of Zbig discovering the bumper sticker on his jalopy?

Note: Mika mentioned that Joe’s speech at CPAC was well-received by HuffPo, which as Joe acknowledged could be problematic for a conservative.  But here is an excerpt that any conservative should agree with:

“Before we yell at the Democrats for what they are doing… think about, when Republicans were in control we passed a $7 trillion liability to Medicare, a program that was already going bankrupt. That is not what conservatives do.”