Being a "great alternative" sounds good, but it isn't a very weighty job description nor does it put food on the table. She has kids to put through college and her husband's work and income is not all that clear to me.
I have great respect for Sarah's independence, a lot of us are like her in that respect. But if she wants to remain a political force, being a perpetual utility infielder won't do the trick. She will need cachet, some kind of office or title or job or appointment or position with authority.
Does anyone actually have any idea what she should do other than be a "great alternative" (?) forever hovering in the wings as a sort of one-woman shadow government?
A senatorship would fill her bill perfectly. I really see few alternatives open to her other than some kind of elective office.
A run for the Senate would be her cup of tea. I can see Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid 's head imploding with the thought of Palin smiling at him from the front row in that august chamber on the Potomac, hah!
Leni
I doubt that Sarah would have any trouble paying for her kids’ education. I imagine she is quite well off, and good for her.
My only point---and I make it for people like Alan Keyes who perpetually runs for jobs he can never hold---is that as a senator, she would have to vote on bills that, by their very nature, have good things and bad things. How many defense budgets in 2004 or 2004 had some crappy social program the Dems wanted in order to get a vote or two? Well, some Republicans had to vote for that. It's the nature of a seat in a body of 100 other people. That's the only point I'm making.