Further…she fought against earmarks, and Murtha is a notorious earmark parasite. I think she’s a perfect fit, and maybe Murtha could be displaced.

I don’t think this lady is going away no matter what happens in November or what your pessimism meter tells you.

Why would she want to become senator after being governor? Being senator doesn’t exactly let you do more, even though you get more national recognition.

Seixon on September 9, 2008 at 3:34 AM

A lot of governors have done just that. Three in a stretch of four from my own great state of Missouri. It helped get John Ashcroft the Attorney Generalship.

Apparently, F*%k, yeah!” isn’t a box one can check.

The congress isn’t necessarily lost to the Party of Defeat.

New Tone, meet Pit Bull. Let’s roll.

Dang AP. You are so damn cynical, I’m starting to get the same reaction reading you as I do reading Dem blogs.

JeffB. on September 9, 2008 at 1:30 AM

Probably the intent.

And to weigh in on what GOV Palin should do after the defeatists lose the election for her: She should go back, finish out her term as governor, and then retire to her fishing business. Too many conservatives and Republicans don’t deserve her.

alin and other smart conservative women like her are the future of the GOP.

Yep, and ladies like Margaret Hoover, Tammy Bruce, Michelle, Mary Katharine, Anne Coulter, Sarah Palin, Kay Baily Hutchinson, Julie Martz, Linda Klingle, Jodi Rell and Elisabeth Dole will lead the way.

We got no shortage of conservative women to carry the torch.

I only hope her heart and mind will compel her to be the Jefferson to McCain’s Adams, at least with respect to maintaining fidelity to her espoused conservative principles.

Cindy Munford on September 9, 2008 at 12:05 AM

Palin and other smart conservative women like her are the future of the GOP. In a sense this is a return to the debate where conservative females refused to give accede to the feminist movement. Sarah Palin proves you can “have it all” and still be a mother. That pisses off the feminists to no end because they have spent several decades claiming that success only comes through their agenda and positions.

Sarah Palin is a mother and a politican. Hillary Clinton is a politician with a child. There is a significant difference.

Next morning headline: Once again, Colmees was a dumbass.

Wonder if she’d be a welcome member of the Congressional Womens Caucus?

BacaDog on September 8, 2008 at 11:59 PM

Absolutely. She reminds me of the up North version of Kay Bailey Hutchinson.

I agree, that seems the smart way to go. She could do a second term as the Gov. if the national scene isn’t favorable. I am trying to remind myself that I am in almost as much of a idealogical bubble as those crazy left wingers but I must say I am getting really good vibes. But I don’t want to be a Democrat, be astounded if I lose and call everybody a cheater.

This is what happened to Tom Eagleton shortly before he dropped out, right?

Allah

Heh. Yep – verbatim.

Let’s say, hypothetically, my crazy pessimism proves well founded and Maverick loses narrowly in November. What does Palin do in the aftermath? … They’re not going to take our ‘Cuda away from us, are they?

Nope. She’s here to stay.

highhopes on September 8, 2008 at 11:56 PM

After serving two successful terms as Governor, she could grab the first House or Senate seat in AK and be on the way to DC to stir things up a bit.

Wonder if she’d be a welcome member of the Congressional Womens Caucus?

she’ll be in media Siberia, with the DNC doing whatever it can to help Alaska Dems hassle her to derail her before she can run for president four years from now. Or am I missing something? They’re not going to take our ‘Cuda away from us, are they?

Oh! I think you are wrong. Palin would finish out her term as Governor and then position herself for higher office. Palin and (more importantly) her family is poised for going beyond the top political job in Alaska. Now that the ‘cuda is in the national spotlight, she isn’t going anywhere soon.