I think this is as good a time as any for Palin to jump back in to Alaska politics.
Her kids are all grown up, except for Trig, and on their own. She’s spent the last twelve years on background in Alaska politics, so she knows that backwards and forwards.
There isn’t a better retail politician in the state than Palin. And she has the advantage of 100% name recognition. Kelly Tshibaka may be a sound conservative and may have a good future in Alaska politics, but she’s an unknown. Palin isn’t.
Plus if she wins, this time Pallin won’t go AWOL for a job at Fox News - she wouldn’t be welcomed.