You can be sure that if anybody in the Old Media or a Demodog dares to directly ask her a question about “what the VP does”, that she will have a very pointed and cogent answer that will make them wish they hadn’t asked her!
I realize Sarah Palin will temper her views to those of John McCain, just as every VP does to one degree or another. I heard Dick Chaney comment, awhile back, that publicly he had to agree with the president but privately they had more than one heated discussion on issues.
For example, with Sarah Palin, we have a chance to change John McCain’s mind as to drilling ANWR. I know she can, and I believe she will, make the case as strongly as anyone could possibly do it. With Obama, forget about any chance of drilling ANWR. I believe McCain ‘will’ listen to her before making policy decisions, which is a heck of a lot more than we can expect if Obama and Biden are in office.
My biggest hope is the DC culture and federal system does not destroy her or alter her current views. If she can survive it all, she really does have a better than even chance of bringing more conservatives together and becoming the first woman president in our history.