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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Sarah Palin hints at 2012 presidential run?

This article was recently published online by The New York Times:
Sarah Palin cracked open the door to a presidential bid just a little bit wider Thursday, telling “Entertainment Tonight” that she would run in 2012 “if there’s nobody else to do it.”

Ms. Palin, the former governor of Alaska, spoke with Mary Hart of “Entertainment Tonight” from her home is Wasilla and told her, “I still have not decided what I’m going to do in 2012.”

“For me, Mary, it’s going to entail a discussion with my family — a real close look at the lay of the land, and to consider whether there are those with that common sense, conservative, pro-Constitution passion, whether there are already candidates out there who can do the job and I’ll get to be their biggest supporter and biggest helpmate if they will have me,” Ms. Palin said. “Or whether there’s nobody willing to do it, to make the tough choices and not care what the critics are going to say about you, just going forward according to what I believe the priorities should be. If there’s nobody else to do it, then of course I would believe that we should do this.”
Let's set the content of these statements aside for a moment and reflect on the following fact -- Sarah Palin may have unofficially announced her 2012 presidential run on Entertainment Tonight. Entertainment Tonight. This is the world we live in.

And, of course, I'm going to provide you with the video evidence. I know that you'll scoff at the notion of viewing such frivolity. But you'll probably watch anyway. Watch it for the cheesy music. Watch it to see the house that Sarah's husband "Tahd" built. Watch it to see for yourself that Mary Hart is still alive. But most of all, watch it because Sarah's words just don't quite have the same impact unless you actually hear her saying them:



Now, all joking aside, what is Ms. Palin getting at here? Well, many pundits are already pointing to former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as the front-runner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Mr. Huckabee probably comes closest to Ms. Palin in terms of values, but he also has far more political experience. So his presence is a problem for Ms. Palin's possible aspirations to the nomination.

Mr. Huckabee came out with a surprise win in the Iowa Republican caucuses in the 2008 election season before quickly fading. This trajectory poses another problem for Ms. Palin, as she would have trouble gauging her own popularity in the early going. On the other hand, she might be able to throw her hat into the ring and then quickly take it back again under such circumstances.

It's still too early to tell what 2012 has in store. But it seems quite clear that Ms. Palin would very much like to be part of the story in that election year.

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