I seriously doubt that Sarah Palin will regret her foray in the public spotlight. We all know that she was not going anywhere in politics without the help of this campaign, and I am not certain that this will hurt her office in Alaska. She may have a rapid fall from the mainstream line of sight, but from her perspective, I bet she is glad she at least had 15 minutes.

Really? Hmmmmmm. Despite being over her head during the campaign, I'd have to say she'll come out of this in a much better position. She's young, attractive, and (I hate to say it) likable. At the very least a book deal and Fox News analyst position is going to come out of this. She's going to be very rich when this thing is over. So unless you think not being Governor of Alaska would somehow be personally devastating to her, I think you're way off base.

CLEVELAND - A man at the center of a voter-registration scandal told The Post yesterday he was given cash and cigarettes by aggressive ACORN activists in exchange for registering an astonishing 72 times, in apparent violation of Ohio laws.

"Sometimes, they come up and bribe me with a cigarette, or they'll give me a dollar to sign up," said Freddie Johnson, 19, who filled out 72 separate voter-registration cards over an 18-month period at the behest of the left-leaning Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.