Few Vice Presidential candidates running on a loosing ticket are remembered, least of all become an icon, that is, until Sara Palin came along.

It took some 50 years for Tylenol to become an icon. It took Sara Palin a year to become the darling of politics while being a loosing second banana to Sen John McCain’s bid for the White House.

Her father described her future when she resigned the governorship of Alaska — “She’s not retreating, she’s re-loading.”

And re-load she has.  Her new book, “Going Rogue”  is flying off the book shelves and people are standing in lines for hours to get a signature copy and chat with Palin.

She is a media attraction on the left and the right.

The Associated Press entered into an unprecedented area of journalism when they assigned 11 reporters to do a fact check on Palin’s new book.

It was a left wing liberal media dirt check.

Historically, AP has not done a fact check to this extent on any other politician’s book.

So it is not just the right that is in love with Palin that gives her unbelievable air time, it is also the left, who wants to destroy her for some reason because they see her as a threat to their agenda.

I think the answer to her popularity is simple – she plays in Peoria.

And there is that old cliche that if it doesn’t play in Peoria it doesn’t make it on Broadway.

Well, Palin has made it big time.  She plays on Broadway and Peoria – Middle America loves her.

The left wing media tries to destroy her.  Not just the AP, but the likes of Chris Matthews of NBC who couldn’t deliver an objective presentation if he tried, to Maureen Dowd of the New York Times who tries to fantasize a Barbie Doll comparison of herself to Palin in her own satirical way.

While Palin is riding a crest unheard of for a failed vice presidential candidate, she should carefully plot her course – for she has forcefully established the fact that she is a voice to be heard.

But the serious question is how?

In my opinion if she wants to be a player in American politics, she should run for the Senate and establish her credibility on a national scale, before she considers a run for the White House.

However, the best choice in my opinion, would be to stay the course she is on. Be an advocate for conservative principles, speak out at every chance she  has, and explore becoming a TV commentator.

There is a big-time role for Palin in a participatory democracy because she is an icon that people are listing to, whether they like her or not.  She should find the appropriate platform for the cause of conservatism – and it doesn’t require being in the White House to deliver the message to the people.