You sound very hopeful that she will be politically finished.
No, not at all. Honestly, I hope that it is not true. If true, many social conservatives will not be pleased to learn that she engaged in premarital sex and, probably worse, used cocaine. The GOP needs social conservatives to win elections all across this country and, if these allegations were generally accepted as true, it would drive a huge wedge belween Palin and many social conservatives and ultimately hurt the conservative movement.