Well we'll see. He's got only a year to do something. post Jan 1 2010 Congress won't want to do anything with elections looming. He doesn't have 60 seats in the Senate so Republicans can filibuster. He'll need 3 to 4 Republican Senators (see gang of 14) to get something passed. With Ted Stevens getting elected he'll be removed from office by the Republicans, Sarah Palin will appoint herself as Senator I bet. I would, she's seen as laughing stock in the world, go to Washington make a name for yourself nationally, nobody is going to pay attention to you in Alaska.
Then Jan 1 2011 Republicans will start musing about presidential candidates Palin or Bobby Jindal gov. of Louisiana. "the battle of the minorities" if that's what the 2012 election will be. Jindal of Indian descent converted from Hinduism to Catholicism in university. grass roots Republicans love him. He talks with a deep Louisiana accent so white voters will like that, but he's too Sarah Palin on the social conservative side.