Business Insider has an article entitled Sarah Palin Is ‘Interested’ In Running For President In 2016. Of course, I clicked it. Who wouldn’t? And they sure make it sound like a possibility.
But when I clicked on the original ABC News article, I came away with a completely different opinion: She’s not actually interested in running for president.
Here’s the original article:
Just before she heads to Iowa for the first major conservative showcase of the 2016 election cycle, Sarah Palin said “of course” she’s interested in the 2016 presidential election.
“Yeah, I mean, of course, when you have a servant’s heart, when you know that there is opportunity to do all you can to put yourself forward in the name of offering service, anybody would be interested,” Palin told ABC News’ Neal Karlinsky while serving wild boar chili to the homeless in Las Vegas Thursday.
When asked again if she could be “possibly” interested in a presidential campaign, she answered, “We definitely had enough of seeing that — America has had enough of seeing that — sign on the Oval Office door saying, ‘No Girls Allowed.’ I know that.”
While serving up bowls to those gathered in line, the former Alaska governor clarified, “It doesn’t necessarily have to be me, though, but no, America is definitely ready for real change.
“It doesn’t have to be myself, but yes … happy to drive that competition, because competition will make everyone better and produce more and be more candid regarding their solutions they will offer this country. I am very interested in that competitive process and, again, not necessarily me.”
I think for Palin it’s an interesting idea since she has a servant’s heart and all, but the way I read her answers is that she’s not interested in doing all the work it would take to be president…you know, the campaign and all.
But she’s happy to contribute in other ways to ensure a competitive process.
Just to be clear, I think she’d make a great president. I’m not anti-Palin in the least. But it looks like we have several great candidates already preparing to run and her reasoning in 2012 was that if we had good conservative candidates, she wouldn’t run. And in all honesty, they weren’t that great and she still didn’t run. So why would she run now with the potential of a Scott Walker, Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, etc. running for president?
Answer: She wouldn’t.