It wasn't like he all of a sudden became a fan, but he strongly pointed out what he thought were some very good views she expressed in his article.
You can find the whole story here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/us/10iht-currents10.html?_r=2A sample of his view of her ideas covered in the article
But something curious happened when Ms. Palin strode onto the stage last weekend at a Tea Party event in Indianola, Iowa. Along with her familiar and predictable swipes at President Barack Obama and the “far left,” she delivered a devastating indictment of the entire U.S. political establishment — left, right and center — and pointed toward a way of transcending the presently unbridgeable political divide. Of course, if someone in the MSM is liking her ideas, I find that suspect and reason to give them a bit of scrutiny.
And I still have major doubts about ever being able to believe that those we in here call "Progressives" can ever "see the light" enough not to be a threat to the country.