Odds are that if McCain/Palin loses in 2008, she will quietly go back to Alaska to finish her term and win a second term, and be out of the national eye. People forget, and they don’t like a loser.
I don’t think we will hear much of Palin ever again, except for GOP fundraising.
Gov Palin is a true Conservative and one day, she will be the Presidential nominee. She's both a fighter and a winner. And she's very popular, which will only increase.