Palin was talking about the woman he defeated in the primary running as an independent.
Someone needs to hire Jeff Gillooly. 
I saw that on Greta a couple of nights ago. If that splits the vote, the GOP may as well stick with Akin. If, however, the GOP voters abandon Akin en masse for Sarah Steelman, then that could work.
Though, after the Murkowski debacle in Alaska and the Crist thing in Florida, I have a bit of a problem with someone getting beat, straight up in his/her party's primary, flipping to be an "independent".