by Jeff Vidrine

Created on: November 08, 2008   Last Updated: November 25, 2008

That is a thought provoking and interesting question. I didn't realize she had a first chance at the presidency except for being half a heartbeat away as the vice president.

So maybe being vice president to McCain was like having a first chance at the presidency. Which then makes the question relevant. the question really asks, "Will Sarah Palin run for President in 2012?"

Gov. Palen energized Sen. McCain's flagging campaign with her populist, conservative message (redneck, gun toting, religious wackos). You know my mother always said it takes one to know one. Maybe that's why she used the "lipstick on a pig" analogy during her debate with VP-elect Joe Biden.

But I digress, will she get a second chance at national prominence? I think the answer is absolutely yes. With Russia on the move, Putin's recent proposition to allow him to regain the presidency by altering the Russian Constitution, their provocative actions in Georgia, and now deploying missiles near their border with Poland: the situation calls for someone with knowledge of Russia and the political situation. Who better than someone who's lived within a couple of thousand miles of Moscow?

Most presidential candidates are lawyers. I know of none more geographers. So enough of the smear campaign about Gov. Palen's knowledge about geography. She is an agent of change, a fresh wind of reform. I think the term is "mavericky ".

A good final reason that I think she will get a second chance at national prominence is that Sarah Palin is the best thing to happen to NBC's ratings since Seinfeld. And God forbid, she goes into a coma, then Tina Fey could always step right in and we'd never know.

Sarah Palin represents the new conservative movement in America. She spent her life working, running a company, and then when asked by fellow citizens became mayor of her town. Her achievements in reforming government protecting the taxpayer and fighting the "good old boy" status quo is heroic. And believe me, after four years of Obama's "change", which already looks a lot like a recycled Clinton administration, there will be much to reform. Americans voted for Sen. Obama out of frustration with government in general, both Republican and Democrat. Scandal upon scandal, corruption and incompetence have been the main product of Washington over the past few years. Many pundits speak of the low approval ratings of George W. Bush. And it's true that he has extremely low approval ratings. But his approval ratings dwarf the approval ratings of the democratically led Congress. The American people know what they want and are not getting it. That's why Sarah Palen will have a second chance.

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