Your keyboard to G-d’s ears, Jeff. The bottom line is that she has a bright career ahead of her, and is a rising star in the conservative movement. Run for senate? That would be awesome. We need a Newt Gingrich for 2010, and she just may be the new Newt.
It actually would be more of a detriment to her. There is a reason that U.S. Senators make lousy Presidents, with the Mutt and Jeff Show currently occupying the White House as the latest example of why the Senate should be the place where Presidential aspirations go to die a well deserved death.
U.S. Senators do not have the skill set required of an effective President, which is that of a skilled administrator. They have the skill set of a trained negotiator, which is what we elect them to do in our stead. More about this later.
Suffice it to say that needs to keep herself free from the constraints of elective office so that she can become the power center that her popularity can make her. Write the book(s), fund raise, campaign for candidates who believe as she does, get herself up-to-date on all pertinent issues and watch as the Lib/Dem world explodes one talking head at a time.