Originally Posted by aceventura3

Here is my concluding thought for this thread.

Assuming there is general agreement that since October 2008 Palin has done everything wrong and her resignation is a figurative death blow to her political future (I don't agree, but let's just assume that) - she still has polling number that suggest that 43% of all voters would consider voting for her in 2012 according to Gallup and 73% of Republicans. If she puts any kind of a team together that can help her do a few things "right", she will be a force that can not be ignored and she will be a force to be feared by Democrats and some entrenched Republicans. Some very powerful people have strong motives to take her down, she has been fighting alone with the grass roots support of millions of average Americans. The irony is that the more she is attacked the more she is supported. She has played her opening hand. At the end of the day, she is either going to win big or go back to the simple life in Alaska. Those who like politicians with no convictions will never understand the appeal of a person like Palin.