Having a 91% favorability rating within your own party is a good place to start from if you’re going to launch a bid for the Presidency in 2012. Many critics will say that is all she is. She will not expand beyond the base and thus not be a good candidate. I beg to differ. Once anybody knows you can count on a huge bloc of support you can then focus exclusively on developing outreach by developing programs and policies that attract others to your side. That is a big advantage to any politician. Again, I take the minority position. Thank God, for John McCain. Without him Sarah Palin would not have been possible.
It's definitely a silver lining.