Gov. Sarah Palin faces some cold political realities in present-day Alaska. [View All]

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Now it's back to her day job at the state capital in Juneau.

Palin's state budget proposal is due in a month, with plummeting oil prices slashing Alaska's revenues by billions of dollars.

The 1,700-mile natural gas pipeline she bragged about on the campaign trail _ "We began a nearly $40 billion-dollar natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence," she said at the Republican National Convention _ is nowhere near being built.
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Uncertain is whether the bipartisanship that existed during Palin's 20 months as governor can survive the heated rhetoric from the presidential campaign and her own political ambitions, with the 44-year-old clearly signaling that she's open to a bid for president in 2012.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/18/palin-returns-to-cold-rea_n_144590.html

Couldn't get cold enough for me.