I can't find the post, but the night she won the Governor's election someone here posted about it. About 20 something of us responded, including me and my response was lets keep an eye on her, she is a cutie, we need to look for new talent for our bench she might be VP material. Yes she is a happening, Matthews, and Krutheee, and Kristol can't stop this force, and in their gut they know it....
IIRC there were several threads about Gov. Palin that recapped her political career to that date that caught my attention and lead me to my own research which put her on my rising star watch list.
Kudos to those that brought her to our notice so early.
Palin 2012