Be prepared for Sen. Sarah Palin...

[SoCalDem]

If Stevens manages to eke out a win, and is then booted from the senate, she will appoint herself, so she can be visible, for her '12 run..

[ColbertWatcher]

1. I hope Alaskans boot her ass out. n/t

[WritersBlock]

2. You've just given me a dose of heartburn that'll last all day long.

But on the other hand, she'd have four years to build up her ever-growing resume of stupidity.

:evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

4. Think Katherine Harris.. (who's not looking all that perky these days..pic)

[WritersBlock]

6. Wow. What a change. Guess the stress of subverting the will of the people does eventually show. n/t

[4lbs]

10. Geez! She looks like a man in this pic.

:wow:

[Virginia Dare]

18. OMG She went cold turkey on the botox and sylicone...n/t

[Swamp Rat]

3. If she can stay out of jail, maybe.

[The Wielding Truth]

5. Can you run for office with a corruption abuse of power record?

[MrSlayer]

7. Hell yeah, you can be re-elected after being caught smoking crack.

America is a strange country.

[The Wielding Truth]

17. What would disqualify a person then?

[MrSlayer]

23. For me, many things.

But it doesn't matter what you do if people still vote for you.

[peekaloo]

8. She's on a first name basis with the man who will be "running" the Senate

so expect some gosh darn good ol' fashioned legislatin' from Team Alaska!

[Berry Cool]

9. THEN she'll have a chance to "get in there with the senators and make some good policy changes"

Who needs the vice presidency?

[TexasObserver]

11. I agree that is likely. However, she will have to run for the seat in 2010.

Any time a senator takes over a vacancy, they have to stand for election the next federal election.

[Crabby Appleton]

12. I agree, she's going to end up in the Senate. nt

[Solly Mack]

13. A state that can send Stevens back for 40 years doesn't have a problem wtih

a corrupt Senator.

That's for damn sure.

Some people in the state might have a problem with it....but those few haven't been able to keep Stevens out as of yet.

[KharmaTrain]

14. She's Definitely Looking At Bigger Things...

How do you keep them down in Wasilla once they've seen the footlights of the big time? Especially if you're as ambitious as Sarah Barracuda?

I can't see her heading back to Alaska and being a good little governor...that's a boring job...especially now that she can't get away with all the per diems and abuses. I could see herself either taking Stevens seat, just like Lisa Murkowski took her old man's seat...or challenge Murkowski. She needs a national platform and you can't do it from Juneau. The other option would be to run for Congress...Gary Berkowitz looks good in dumping Don Young and she could make a run at that seat.

The interesting side story here is how Palin feels she's the star here...but she's not the only one. She'll run up against Mike Hucklenutz. A lot will also ride on who comes out of this election the strongest. We're already seeing the blame game...and it's sure to get louder after the election...with many claiming the party and Gramps wasn't "conservative" enough. If the party lurches further to the right, look for Palin's star to continue to rise.

Cheers...

[Bandit]

15. I doubt that very much

Begich is going to win no matter how the Steven's trial ends up, and Palin will go back to being the Governor until 2010 and I believe she will be voted out and I also believe Lisa Murkowski will be voted out of her Senate seat as well. Unless Democrats continue to just sit on their ass and do nothing about the important things that is. Alaska like all the other state is becomming aware. Republicans have not served the state all that well and in fact are pretty much an embarrassment to the state. Palin is no longer the most popular Governor in America. In fact with all the scrutiny she has been under she is not even a very popular Governor any more..She will go back to Wasilla and maybe run for State Representative or Senator but her days in Federal Government are over before they even begin..

[NNN0LHI]

16. I think her political is over

She will be lucky if she is not impeached or arrested.

Even the Repigs don't like her any more.

Don

[Virginia Dare]

19. It depends on whether the repub establishment throws her under the bus..

somebody will have to be blamed for the debacle that's coming their way.

[klyon]

20. let's hope not

I don't want to hear from her ever again but she will probably get her own TV show.

[KamaAina]

22. Or maybe she could replace the blonde twit on "The View"

wouldn't you just love to see Whoopi go medieval on her?!

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[Myrina]

21. I really think she wants an anchor spot at Faux ...

... more than any kind of governator/presidentin' kind of job.
As we recall Dimson saying, "Presidentin's hard work!"


Methinks Sarah is allergic to hard work.
And any kind of critical scrutiny.

She wants to be fawned over by makeup folks and treated like a celeb when she's out on the town by doing nothing more than READING talking points.

[rch35]

24. i was thinking the exact same thing today nt

[Roy]

25. It would have to be very red area! n/t