soon as she lost that thing as far as i could tell. should i have paid attention to something else in this story? >> no, look, i think you're right. i think that when she stepped aside from her governorship that that was a, you know, question that hung out there and there was no good answer for in terms of stepping up and running to be the most powerful person in the world. >> steve, people who've worked with her have come away with differing views of them. i want to read to you something that nicole wallace has said, "time" magazine interviewed her. she served as a senior adviser on the mccain/palin campaign. she has a new novel out called "it's classified." and regarding the main character in the novel nicole wallace says, "the idea of a mentally ill vice president who suffers in complete isolation was obviously sparked by the behaviors i witnessed by sarah palin. there certainly were discussions, not for long