Politics / Sarah Palin Palin's Not Job-Hunting, Lawyer Says Soon-to-be-former Alaska governor focused on upcoming book By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff Posted Jul 9, 2009 3:10 PM CDT Copied Thomas Van Flein, attorney for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks about the ethics complaint involving protocol travel during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday Feb. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo) Sarah Palin has no plans to take a new job, her lawyer tells the Washington Post. Though the departing Alaska governor has received “hundreds of credible offers”—including a pitch for a gig as a talk-show host—she hasn’t pursued any of them except a previously announced book deal, Thomas Van Flein says. What will Palin do? Van Flein says he hopes Palin will take time with her family, but "she is a woman with a lot of energy. We'll see." (More Sarah Palin stories.) Report an error