I can't predict the future. You guys could be absolutely right. Wanna bet $20 on whether she's the nominee in 2012? I'll take up to five of you on that she won't be.
Let me try to say it this way: I think Palin's ONLY friends are the religious wing - and she's got an uphill fight to expand beyond that. I think she created a whole new kind of Republican - those that are sick to death of not having the best and brightest fronting their party and are now vociferously involved in making sure it doesn't happen again. So sure - if she can change their minds, she could be the next nominee. If my aunt had testicles she'd be my uncle.