Governor Palin is doing the same thing Reagan did after the 76’ elections, building a coalition and spending her time talking to people and getting herself known to as many people as possible.
You will see her run for POTUS in 2012.
And mark my word, she will win!
Same thing Nixon did after virtually disappearing from the political landscape after losing to JFK
Nixon built political capital while out of office during the mid-60’s, endorsing many candidates who went on to win.
They then returned the favor when Nixon ran in 1968 and those endorsements helped Nixon win.