>> Could she even win in Alaska at this point? Bailing on her job as governor and then asking the people for a new gig as Senator?
That’s a good question. You can be sure the GOP-E would position someone against her at the primary level. Based on the Murkowski/Miller fiasco, I’m not sure she’d even clear the primary, let alone win the general election.
Mind you, I’m not ripping on Palin; it’s just an opinion based on history and observable facts.
I doubt it would take the GOP-E to engineer that. Every politician in Alaska would know if Palin is a vulnerable weak candidate, some on the Republican side would chose to run against her.
The last poll I saw had Begich crushing Palin in a hypothetical matchup. Only Joe Miller is less popular than Sarah, so neither of them would probably make good candidates right now. Politically, at least in Alaska, Palin seems to have done tremendous damage to herself by quitting her job as governor. It's just not something that is easy to recover from.