Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, has announced that she may run for the presidency in the 2012 elections provided that the situation was ideal for her family and the country.
During an interview on Saturday which was televised on ’FOX News Sunday‘, she said that she would run for office “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,” she said. “I won’t close the door that perhaps could be open for me in the future,” she added.
The interview was conducted ahead of the first national Tea Party gathering on Saturday. According to organisers, the convention, which ended with a speech from Palin and a dinner, was aimed to transform the Tea Party movement into a political body which is capable of shaping the elections.
For Palin, the Tea Party movement is a “ground-up call to action that is forcing both parties to change the way they’re doing business”. She said: “America is ready for another revolution and you are a part of this.”
Palin also said in the interview that President Barack Obama will lose a 2012 re-election bid if he does not change his policies.
Palin noted that the win of Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special election is proof of the public’s dissatisfaction regarding the policies of the Obama administration.
She gave her message regarding the political milestone by saying, “you better stop lecturing and start listening.”
