So which Sarah Palin will we see return to Alaska?

When all is said and done, and after John McCain gives his concession speech, Sarah Palin must make the long sad journey back to the snow covered landscape of Alaska. However during her grand adventure the political landscape has been changing.

Gone are her 80% approval ratings.

Gone is the buffer of anonymity which kept voters from truly understanding what Governor Palin was all about.

Gone is all of the supposed bi-partisan support that Sarah enjoyed:

"I think things will be very, very different for her if she comes back," Erickson said. "She's done some things as vice-presidential candidate that are not favorable for her role as governor, her ability to govern."

Dittman agreed that a returning Palin would face a more aggressive Legislature than before her turn on the national stage, one that probably wouldn't be as intimidated by her as before.

No Governor Palin will be returning to a much different Alaska then the one she was ceremoniously plucked out of at the end of August.

And what should Alaska expect from her?

Will she come back angry at all of the negative stores that poured out of her state and damaged her credibility?

Or will she come back humbled and with her tail tucked tightly between her legs?

Well as of now we simply do not know. But I do know this. There are already a number of efforts being organized to make her pay for embarrassing her state, for lying to her constituents, and for making the town of Wasilla a laughingstock.

If I were advising Governor Sarah (Yeah fat chance huh?), I would tell her that she needs to come back prepared to face the music, and finally present herself with the transparency that she promised all of us oh those many months ago. She is still going to have to face a gauntlet but she might emerge with at least some of her dignity intact.