Ted Stevens holds his win in the Alaskan Senate race.
Senator Stevens loses his appeal of his conviction and is sentenced and/or the Senate removes him from his office.
Governor Palin resigns, leaving her Lt. Governor (Sean Parnell) as the Governor of Alaska.
Parnell then appoints Palin to replace Stevens in the Senate.
This is the road of higher ambition for the formerly most popular governor in the nation.
