What Sarah's Next Step Should Be

Love her or hate her, Sarah Palin is here to stay, and following her surprise resignation as Alaska's governor on Friday afternoon, the question is how exactly she'll be sticking around.

In what was largely perceived as a rambling speech --  "I was certainly stunned when I heard the news and I'm still not 100 percent certain what her reasons were for resigning early," said iVillager wallejos -- Palin hinted that she may be quitting politics entirely ("You can choose to engage in things that tear down, or build up. I choose to work very hard on a path for fruitfulness and productivity,") but a beat later went on to say "productive, fulfilled people determine where to put their efforts, choosing to wisely utilize precious time to build up," which seems to hint at a possible run for president in 2012.

One has to wonder if Palin even knows what's next, but that doesn't stop us from speculating.

"I may really be off base here, but I don't think she will even try to run [in 2012]," says iVillage member jbgattuso2007. "I actually believe that she is 'out' of politics in the title sense. Again, may come back to bite me, just a feeling I've got."

After her failed bid for the nation's VP post, there was chatter of a Sarah Palin talk show. Could she be the next Oprah? She majored in journalism in college; perhaps Fox is looking for a female counterpart to Bill O'Reilly?

"She probably can do more to make more money for her family outside of government," says iVillager mombitsey. "She can get a book deal. [Ed: She already did.] She can repackage herself. Maybe she could become the next Ann Coulter."

Could she be the next Ann Coulter, a new spokeswoman for brunette republicans? Or Maybe she'll get all "new media" on us and establish the next GOOP (SOOP?) where we'll get to hear about her preferred places to buy cute Naughty Monkey pumps and her tips to increase running speed.

In the end, no matter what path she chooses -- no matter how serious or silly -- iVillager sionainncaitlin seemed to sum up our community's reaction best: "Crap! Now I'm sure we'll see even more of her than ever before."

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