I'm with the “she gave her reasons so let's wait and see” bunch.
All else is mental masturbation and oral flatulence.
Palin ain't “out” of the conservative leadership bullpen until she actually says she is out—and she ain't said no such.
As far as 2012 is concerned,our DeMint is the obvious best choice for America,but he is the only true conservative left in the United States Senate and the body would sink into it's own excrement without him..
How many Senators have actually become POTUS?
It could be anything, I do believe that Governor Palin is a rare enough politician that it is entirely possible that she could be one of the first politicians to leave front runner status to benefit her family.
I know they all say it, but I think that Palin is capable of actually doing it purely for that reason, or it could be something else, who knows, I’m sure that she will still be serving conservatism in some way.
Sometimes people forget that she is a devout Christian that makes decisions on a different basis than some politicians.