He should have thrown her under the bus sometime in early September. She didn't do him any favors, accidentally or on purpose, in this campaign and she poisoned her own position. She even managed to alienate some of her support base in Alaska so re-election isn't a given.
She'll be a thorn in somebody's side in 2012 but if she's going to have any impact on a national scale, I don't see it happening until 2016 if she's lucky. Strategically, the Republican party needs to drag itself (kicking and screaming if necessary) back to the center-right and she's too polarizing, one of several qualities she shares with Shrub that makes her a political pariah for those in the party that want to actually the next round.
Best case for her before then would probably be to get re-elected governor and end up in the Senate. Or she could move to Illinois -- apparently their expectations are very low.
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Date: 2008-12-15 22:41 (UTC)She'll be a thorn in somebody's side in 2012 but if she's going to have any impact on a national scale, I don't see it happening until 2016 if she's lucky. Strategically, the Republican party needs to drag itself (kicking and screaming if necessary) back to the center-right and she's too polarizing, one of several qualities she shares with Shrub that makes her a political pariah for those in the party that want to actually the next round.
Best case for her before then would probably be to get re-elected governor and end up in the Senate. Or she could move to Illinois -- apparently their expectations are very low.
- Jeho