All About the Cash/All About The Dough

Normally, I would find someone like Levi Johnston to be as newsworthy as Meagan McCain or Liz Cheney (which is to say, "not newsworthy"). But every now and then such pseudo-celebrities, such "right-place, right-timers" manage (purely by association) to add some substance to a story that is considered by most (or at least the papers) to be newsworthy.

This is one of those times.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The former fiance of Gov. Sarah Palin's 18-year-old daughter says he thinks he knows why the Alaska governor is resigning — concerns over money.

Levi Johnston, 19, whose wedding to Bristol Palin was called off earlier this year, says he believes the governor is resigning over personal finances.

Johnston says he lived with the Palin family from early December to the second week in January. He claims he heard the governor several times say how nice it would be to take advantage of the lucrative deals that were being offered, including a reality show and a book.

"I think the big deal was the book. That was millions of dollars," said Johnston, who has had a strained relationship with the family but now says things have improved.

Of course, Johnston is working on his own book, but nobody besides him and his lawyer thinks that it will outsell anything Palin churns out.

In any case, I think her supporters -at least the ones who think she makes a viable candidate for POTUS- are going to be very disappointed.