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It depends on how the GOP proceeds from here, it's looking like it's headed for a split. If that happens, she'll be able to run as president on a populist ticket. I don't see her as too dissimilar to Bush. I think if that happens, the fiscal conservatives will pull the Democratic party more toward the right until it looks more like the old school Republican party. I don't see her as going away any time soon, that's for sure. I doubt the interviews will have any dent on any future campaign, they haven't really this time around. I don't believe there is this huge undecided electorate, though. The only people I've ever seen claim Independent always vote republican and tell me that they don't always vote republican and then follow it up with the fact that they didn't vote for Goldwater (their last non-republican vote). McCain always struck me as the type who would be aiming for disgruntled Democrats and Palin is very much in the Bush/Cheney mold, in my opinion.
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