Sarah Palin: I'm Willing to Run for President

Sarah Palin has been coy about it until now, but she's finally said it: She is willing to run for president in 2012.

In an interview for "Entertainment Tonight," host Mary Hart asked Palin whether she'd toss her hat in the ring.

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Palin said from her home in Wasilla, Ala., that she'd run in 2010 "if there's nobody else to do it."

The former Alaska governor and ex-GOP vice presidential candidate, a mother of five and star of TLC's upcoming series "Sarah Palin's Alaska," told Hart that, when it comes to deciding whether to run, "It's going to entail a discussion with my family (and) a real close look at the lay of the land, 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 ... 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 think the priorities should be."

"If there's nobody else to do it, then of course I would believe that we
should do this," Sarah told Hart.

She adds if there are candidates who "can do the job" she would offer her full support.

[Dragoyle]

This is a surprised announcement!? We all knew this was eventually coming. With her vigorest involvement with and campaigning for the Tea Party candidates. How could anyone not know it wasn't going to happen! Get enough of them in high political offices and "VOILA!" A presidential nomination. It's realization was there in plain sight for all to see.

[rog1dodg]

God Help Us All.

[thejaysus]

please don't sarah palin. the fact that you're taping a reality show (the bane of modern society) and made this announcement on an ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM is reason enough. god, it's like her primary media outlet is a gossip magazine...er, wait. but seriously, don't.

[Francodifoggia]

I can`t belive there is so many idiots that like this lieing *****.

[karlejohn]

I can just see it happening....Another Cuban type missile crisis, an Sara Palin coming out and saying, "don't worry, I have this thing under control, you betcha". OH! ????!

[KPeters_from_UK]

"But can someone tell me where Cuba is exactly?"

[leilei70]

@TeaPartyDelusions

""Palin said from her home in Wasilla, Ala., that she'd run in 2010 "if there's nobody else to do it." "One would hope this is a typo but where Sarah is concerned one never can be sure. 2010????"

That's not the only typo (or error)--Ala is the old abbreviation for Alabama (AL is current), not Alaska (AK).

[unhappymatt1]

All know is that bacon has gone up to 6.99 per pound in my city/state how come? Other than that I'm so poor that I didn't realize there was a recession, the bacon only went up two months ago.

[maxcoffee-2009]

How can she run for president when she wont even talk to the press? If she did run, and did win, I wounder if she would replace presidential press conference reporters with all the fox talking heads...

[davemartin12345]

Sarah Palin's career would be over in half an hour in a jumble of word salad gibberish were she ever to appear on "Meet the Press", "Face the Nation" or "This Week."

Palin also doesn't have enough palms and Sharpies to appear in that press conference she's never had since her 2008 nomination.

"Fox News: Sarah Palin is an idiot "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BXMv64EfU

[samXXkiley]

coucou "early" "coucou mary&sarah"

Oh..!!! la belle voix de sarah palin...!!!
cela dit, je suis s?re que vous avez beaucoup d'?nergie "sarah" seulement voila, la pr?sidence "2012", ne sera pas pour vous. au revoir

[liberalme]

Yet another unintelligible translation from coocoo:---------------------
early" cuckoo "cuckoo mary & sarah"

Oh..! the beautiful voice of sarah palin...!
that said, I'm s? re that you have a lot of? energy "sarah" only here, the pr? sidence "2012", won't you. Good bye-------------------Doesn't sound like you even vote here coocoo--nothing going on in politics up there?