Sarah Palin, Alaska's next senator?

A huge number of votes in Alaska remain uncounted, and in the balance is the Senate seat of Sen. Ted Stevens, convicted felon. According to Nate Silver, there's a decent chance that challenger Mark Begich will manage to erase the margin of 3,200 votes once the counting, which begins Wednesday, is done. But what happens if he doesn't?

There appears to be a consensus that Stevens will not, under… » Full Story on Salon.com