For the next week or so The Ticket will occasionally republish some of our favorite items from the past political season. This one was originally published Nov. 11, 2008, after Gov. Sarah Palin's lengthy post-election interviews with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin thinks president-elect Barack Obama is a pretty "cool" guy and she can work with him, especially on alternative energy and energy independence issues crucial to her state.

Obama phoned