The Big Questions: Whither Sarah From Alaska

In the new issue of TIME (available to subscribers here), Mark Halperin looks at what Palin might do — and why.

"Her support base (not wide, but very deep in loyalty and enthusiasm) loves her pox-on-both-parties, anti-establishment message, and, she has shown herself willing to take on her friend Rick Perry for his ties to big business. And, as always, the media can’t get enough of her."