If Ted Stevens is re-elected to the US Senate after his felony conviction, he could be expelled by a vote of 2/3 of the Senate. If that happens, Gov. Palin would have to call an election to fill the open seat.
As I understand it, she would be eligible to run for the open seat. If she won, she would then join John McCain and get a close-up view of what the Vice President actually does (not much). She might even learn how the Senate (and Congress) actually works.
That would make her the leading candidate for the 2012 Republican nomination. Palin vs. Romney would be a very ugly primary campaign, but the thought of either of them in the White House is truly scary.
Quite a bit can happen in 4 years.
Sarah Palin might not be the "prettiest girl in school" by that time.
True, she could - if actually elected - gain a wealth of knowledge of how things really are in Washington. She would more than likely shed that homespun demeanor, that girl-next-door schtick, and become some other-worldly creature that would be unrecognizable to the Republican base.
One has to ask the question, has Palin already thought of this?
With the focus being primarily on her ever since McCain plucked her out of the ether in September, it's quite likely that she is laboring under the false assumption that solely because the crew at Fox "love her", that the Republican base as so enraptured with the "pretty lights and shiney colors", that this is going to be a lasting relationship. She seems to be acting as if it really is her name at the top of the ticket.
McCain sources say Palin has gone off-message several times, and they privately wonder whether the incidents were deliberate. They cited an instance in which she labeled robocalls -- recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent -- "irritating" even as the campaign defended their use. Also, they pointed to her telling reporters she disagreed with the campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan.
A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign.
"She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," this McCain adviser said. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.
"Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom."
If, in fact, she does have aspirations outside of the McCain campaign, she will soon learn that it's no longer "all about her".
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