Again, no naming names.  From what I was told, Republican insiders knew, even before she was elected to the state house, that Frank planned on running for governor and was going to appoint her to his Senate seat should he be elected.  This particular story went even further: that issue came up because these Republican insiders were trying to find a woman to run in either spot on the gubernatorial ticket.  When they realized that they couldn't get Lisa to do it, they lucked out when Jack Coghill clued them in to this young firebrand stirring things up in Wasilla.  Well, the rest is obvious enough history.