I don’t think she is particularly an ideological conservative, a lot of what she says rings rather populist.
I like her, she strikes me as honest, as trying to do the right thing. She isn’t particularly intellectual, she has come up through the ranks from PTA to governor one battle at a time. She’s a warrior, not a philosopher. So it shouldn’t be surprising if politically she is all over the map. Her moral compass is pretty true; her politics are pragmatic more than anything I think.
Hope you are right. With any luck, her morals will lead her down the road to 100% conservative and original intent thinking, then let her tenacity will take over.