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Palin 'Would Be Willing' to Take On Obama in 2012
Sarah Palin has President Obama in her sights, telling FoxNews.com she "would be willing" to challenge him in the 2012 presidential race.

The former Alaska governor, in an interview Saturday on the sidelines of the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, said President Obama's "lack of experience" has held him back his first year in office and that she would put her credentials up against his any day.

"I would be willing to if I believe that it's right for the country," Palin said when asked if she would run for president in 2012.

She qualified the statement, adding that she sees "many" other potential candidates who are "in as strong or stronger position than I am to take on the White House and if they're in a better position than I in three years, I'll support them."

But the former GOP vice presidential nominee told "Fox News Sunday": "I won't close the door that perhaps could be open for me in the future."

Palin is doing more than simply dipping her toe in the water with tentative talk of presidential aspirations. Since unexpectedly leaving the Alaska Governor's Mansion last year, she's formed a political action committee, she's started endorsing and supporting candidates in the Republican primaries, she's published a book and she's been agitating the administration on a regular basis.

She delivered the keynote address Saturday at the tea party convention, using it to hammer Obama as soft on terrorism. When convention organizer Judson Phillips mentioned the idea of "President Palin" in a question-and-answer session afterward, audience members leapt to their feet and burst into a chant of "Run, Sarah, Run."

In the near-term, Palin said she is going to focus her energy on the upcoming GOP primaries, and that she may support "hundreds" of candidates in the months ahead.

"I do want competition to allow the cream of the crop to rise (in the GOP contests)," Palin said, adding that her support would translate into everything from donations to campaign rallies. "There are hundreds of candidates on local, state and on the national level that hopefully we'll be able to help."

Palin recently endorsed Rand Paul, the son of Texas Rep. Ron Paul, in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. She said she was attracted to his limited government platform and that she's already donated to the campaign.

Asked which other races she's focusing on, Palin, who's a Fox News analyst, said she'll "do whatever I can to help" the Republican nominee, whoever he or she is, against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada.

"If the election were today, Reid ... would go down," Palin said.

However, she said she doesn't have any favorites in the Republican primary -- and dismissed the idea that she fancies herself a political kingmaker.

"That's going too far because I do not have that power nor desire," she said.

During her Saturday keynote address and in her interview with FoxNews.com, Palin pointed to the tea party movement as the surging political force that will make waves in the upcoming elections.

She said tea party support will "absolutely" be critical for candidates in some districts and that the GOP should not be scared of the movement.

"It absolutely helps (the Republican Party) and those who are fearful about it and those who are trying to stir up controversy about it -- they obviously are apprehensive in terms of the message getting out there, and those people are gonna get thumped because this is a good message," she said. "Who can argue this movement?"

As Palin aligns herself more closely with the evolving tea party movement, some surveys suggest she could have the support to eventually mount a competitive presidential run -- despite tough questions raised during the 2008 campaign about her experience and qualifications. A poll last week had her leading, by a few points, the pack of potential GOP candidates. The Research 2000 poll also showed Republican voters viewing her as more qualified to be president than Obama by a 4-1 margin.

Asked whether she believes she's more qualified than Obama, Palin showed little hesitation.

"In the campaign, we tried to bring attention to the fact that Obama had really not a lot of experience. And I do say that my executive experience, as an administrator, as a team manager if you will was, and so was John McCain's as a matter of fact, was stronger and we had more experience than Barack Obama did in terms of managing huge multi-billion dollar budgets and thousands of employees ...¦ and that hasn't changed," Palin said.

"I think that President Obama with all due respect, his lack of experience is really made manifest in the way that decisions are made in the White House today," she added.

Palin slammed Obama in her Nashville speech for his foreign and national security policies. And with health care reform on the ropes, she told FoxNews.com it's time to pull the plug.

"I sure wish that the present tool being used to reform health care would die, but I don't trust as far as I can throw them some of the people who are saying ok, we'll slow down," she said. "What they're working on today there in Congress and the White House, it needs to die."
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Palin says 2012 presidential bid a possibility
(CNN) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she would consider a run for president in 2012 if the situation was right for her family and the nation.

In an interview recorded Saturday and broadcast on "FOX News Sunday," Palin said she would run "if I believed that that is the right thing to do for our country and for the Palin family."

"I think that it would be absurd to not consider what it is that I can potentially do to help our country," Palin said, later adding: "I won't close the door that perhaps could be open for me in the future."

The interview was recorded before her keynote address Saturday night at what was billed the first national Tea Party convention. Palin, who had little national profile before running unsuccessfully for vice president on Sen. John McCain's Republican ticket in 2008, remains a leading GOP draw and an unofficial symbol of the Tea Party movement of conservative discontent with government.

The convention, which concluded with a dinner and Palin speech that cost more than $500 per ticket, was intended to begin transforming the Tea Party movement into a political force capable of influencing elections, organizers said.

"It's so inspiring to see real people -- not politicos, inside-the-beltway professionals -- come out, stand up and speak out for common sense conservative principles," Palin said in her speech to a crowd that gave her repeated standing ovations.

Calling the Tea Party movement a "ground-up call to action that is forcing both parties to change the way they're doing business," Palin said "America is ready for another revolution and you are a part of this."

In the interview with Fox, Palin said she believed President Obama would lose a re-election bid in 2012 if he fails to change the policies followed so far in just over a year in office.

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If Obama "continues on the path that he has America on today," Palin said, "he's not going to win."

"That's what a lot of Americans are telling him today, and he's not listening,"

"Instead, he's telling everybody else, 'Listen up and I'll tell you the way it is.' Well, we have a representative form of government in our democracy. And we want him and we want Congress to listen to what the things are that we are saying."

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In her speech, Palin cited the upset victory by Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by liberal Democrat Ted Kennedy as evidence of the popular discontent over Obama's policies.

She called on the administration to take note of the election results, saying "you better stop lecturing and start listening."

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"The Obama/Pelosi/Reid agenda will leave us less secure, more in debt and under the thumb of big government," Palin said in reference to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Many of those attending the convention at Nashville's Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center said they are big Palin supporters.

Pam Silleman, a 52-year-old small business owner and Tea Party activist who traveled to the convention from California's Napa Valley, called Palin "the Tea Party's inspiration."

Asked if Palin should make a bid for the White House, Silleman said, "I would like to see her in a higher office but I don't know that she'll do it. I wouldn't want her to be hurt that bad."

Fremont Brown, a supporter who had "Palin 2012" bumper stickers with him, said Palin is "the right person."

"She has fervent heart and she's conservative," said the 59-year-old Brown, who owns a small business in North Carolina. "She was the only one truly qualified with executive experience of the four who ran in 2008. The others were glorified lobbyists."

But Palin's experience has frequently been called into question, most recently in a book that chronicles the 2008 campaign. "Game Change" by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann largely portrays the then-vice presidential candidate as wholly unprepared for the national stage and poorly versed in a range of pressing issues.

Palin has called the book "a bunch of BS from [McCain campaign manager Steve] Schmidt and those guys," Palin said. "It's pretty made up."

In the Fox interview, Palin said she receives daily e-mails from experts on topical issues that have helped her become "more astute" than she was during the 2008 election campaign.
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so we have been right all along.... I recall one ADer adamantly saying something like "nothing going on.... relax folks.... she's not gonna run....."
 
As much as I like some of her thinking, I don't think I could vote for her if the polling places were open tomorrow morning for that.
 
Tousi said:
As much as I like some of her thinking, I don't think I could vote for her if the polling places were open tomorrow morning for that.
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I agree.....she can't win but I think she can be a voice.
 
As a registered Republican, I highly doubt that she'll going to make it all the way to defeat Obama.....
 
I hope to God I outlive the entire Palin thing

I keep thinking people will wake up but they don't. We have a new governor now who actually works at his job. He is a Republican so that means lots of skanky behind doors favor trading with big business and the continuing story of Alaska as a place owned by big oil. Nothing new going on except a smoother running machine.
 
inspirabull said:
I keep thinking people will wake up but they don't. We have a new governor now who actually works at his job. He is a Republican so that means lots of skanky behind doors favor trading with big business and the continuing story of Alaska as a place owned by big oil. Nothing new going on except a smoother running machine.
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I guess would put you in the 20% :lol:
 
we all know that Palin is not going to win but it doesn't hurt to have a candidate out there to speak his/her mind about the issue. Presidential Race isn't always about winning the race. It can also be used for awareness. Look at Ralph Nader... I think he's the only guy in the history to run the most Presidential races.

the main point of this thread is to disprove the ADer's assurance about Palin for 2012 :)
 
Jiro said:
we all know that Palin is not going to win but it doesn't hurt to have a candidate out there to speak his/her mind about the issue. Presidential Race isn't always about winning the race. It can also be used for awareness. Look at Ralph Nader... I think he's the only guy in the history to run the most Presidential races.

the main point of this thread is to disprove the ADer's assurance about Palin for 2012 :)
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Yep.....Ross Perot had an impact
 
Tousi said:
As much as I like some of her thinking, I don't think I could vote for her if the polling places were open tomorrow morning for that.
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I agree.
 
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TXgolfer said:
I guess would put you in the 20% :lol:
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Yeah I have paid attention. She lies alot and about three fourths of what I hear about her is false as well. I do not consider her a "voice". More like a "mouth".

The oh poor Sarah line did not play well up here as we watch her shaking the money tree. The true figure would be more around 50% or more and includes a lot of disgusted conservatives.
 
Jiro said:
so we have been right all along.... I recall one ADer adamantly saying something like "nothing going on.... relax folks.... she's not gonna run....."
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I think shes hot, I will vote for her. Hot women do well, look at Tymoshenko-the now ex Ukrainian president. Of course Tymoshenko is hotter than Sarah.

Doesn't matter who you vote for anymore as president, got to get rid og the senate, congress, and local and state government-start from scratch because Dem, Republican, Indep....doesn't matter they are all corrupt and no longer know the meaning of "to serve the public in the publics interest" might as well have some eye candy up there.
 
Well we have the first black president why not go for the first woman president?
 
inspirabull said:
Yeah I have paid attention. She lies alot and about three fourths of what I hear about her is false as well. I do not consider her a "voice". More like a "mouth".

The oh poor Sarah line did not play well up here as we watch her shaking the money tree. The true figure would be more around 50% or more and includes a lot of disgusted conservatives.
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Ummm, 3/4s? I know you don't like her but your wrong and you way over exaggerate. So far since she has been doing the tea party-she has been right on the money.
 
inspirabull said:
Yeah I have paid attention. She lies alot and about three fourths of what I hear about her is false as well. I do not consider her a "voice". More like a "mouth".
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And which politician doesn't?
 
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