Photograph of Sarah Palin at the Tea Party Convention by Ed Reinke/AP After endearing herself to the Tea Party faithful—and landing herself a lot of media attention—at the Tea Party Convention this past weekend, former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin told her Fox News colleague Chris Wallace that of course she'd think about running for president in 2012. Palin said, "I would. I would if I believed that that is the right thing to do for our country and for the Palin family. Certainly, I would do so... I think that it would be absurd to not consider what it is that I can potentially do to help our country."
The Daily News's Mike Lupica isn't very happy about Palin's ambitions, writing, "Now there are many, many ways Sarah Palin could help this country. Running for President will never be one of them. You listen to her long enough and actually feel yourself getting dimmer by the minute, like a dying light bulb." He also takes her to task for complaining when Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel uses the word "retards" (while letting Rush Limbaugh use the term). And then there's her crib notes—"It's now official that she can fit her entire political philosophy in the palm of her hand."
Palin also said on Fox News yesterday that helping America might not be through the Oval Office—"It may be just doing a darn good job as a reporter or covering some of the current events"—and called President Obama on his experience, "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 when asked about her current grasp of national and international issues, she replied, "Now that my focus has been enlarged, I sure as heck better be more astute on these current events, national issues."
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