- Steven Schmidt: I think the notion of Sarah Palin being president of the United States is something that frightens me, frankly. And I played a part in that because we were fueled by ambition to win. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/steve-schmidts-brutally-honest-assessment-of-sarah-palin/2011/03/04/giqa9ewz7r_blog.html 3 comments politics