Palin plays some battleground state football

Uh-oh. That prediction should just stay in Colorado.

Sarah Palin likes to find connections with the states and locales she's visiting. It's as if, because she's the governor of far-off Alaska, some folks might perceive her as "out of touch," a grave insult in politics.

In Texas Friday, for example, the Republican vice presidential nominee recalled her days as a high-schooler attending summer basketball camp in the Lone Star state.

And on Saturday, Palin spoke to wealthy Colorado donors in the hangar of an exclusive private aviation facility. Colorado is a key battleground state and Palin told them her husband, Todd, a pilot, has …