I am astounded. Palin is still fairly popular in Alaska but she made a lot of people unhappy when it came to her first budget. As they said, it was like she took a cleaver to each program without ever lookintg at what the program did. (psssst The word is that she is not too bright. But she is pretty.)

I can't imagine in what way she'll help McCain's election. However, if something happened to McCain and she became president, you suppose she'd be another surprise in the mold of Schwartzenegger? I dunno. Maybe the rrick is to have good support behind one; figureheads are pretty prevalent these days.

Strangely enough, and to add to the chaos, her lieutenant governor, Sean Parnell, is currently running against long time Congressman Don Young. What happens if Alaska loses its two top spots? lol

"We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we're trying to accomplish up here…." Governor Palin

Strikingly, this is just about the same thing she said when she became governor. She told the state that Wasilla and the 'valley' will always have her heart and will always look out for their best interests.

Her children still go to school there, she has her offices in Anchorage a few miles away from Wasilla and the family rarely is in residence at the governor's domicile in Juneau.