With a POD 1990? Piece of cake! As far as I see, she was always political interested, but didn´t become public known till the Paula-Jones-case in 1996. And it seems this case taught her, that you can become rich and famous through polemic. So lets say she gets somehow never involved in the case. From 1996-2000 she works for a political carriere, learns like every politican to keep her mouth shut about her more controverse political opinions. 2000 she wins in a sure republican district, 2004 she wins a senate seat and 2008 she is practically a more intelligent Sarah Palin with less kids and more political experience, which makes her a good choice for McCain (forget the goddam butterflies for a moment) as a running mate and the favorit for the 2012 nomination.