Palin: I'm considering a Senate run

[Xenliad]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/09/palin-im-considering-a-senate-run/?hpt=hp_t2

(CNN) – Sarah Palin may not be done with politics after all.

The former Alaska governor, who was also 2008's GOP vice presidential nominee, said Tuesday she's contemplating a bid for U.S. Senate against Democrat Mark Begich. He's up for re-election in 2014.

"I've considered it because people have requested me [to] consider it," Palin told conservative radio host Sean Hannity on his show. "I'm still waiting to see what the lineup will be. And hoping there will be some new blood, new energy. Not just kind of picking from the same old politicians in the state that come from political families."

Begich, a former mayor of Anchorage, was elected in 2008. He defeated longtime GOP Sen. Ted Stevens, who died in 2010 in a plane crash.

The 2014 race is labeled "lean Democratic" on the Cook Political Report, and the Rothenberg Political Report rates the race as toss up/tilt Democrat. Both are non-partisan political handicappers.

Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell and Joe Miller, a Republican who lost a U.S. Senate bid in Alaska in 2010, have both said they'll run against Begich next year.

"Sen. Mark Begich has got to be replaced," Palin told Hannity. "He had not done what he had promised to do for the people of Alaska, which is to represent what it is the nation needs in terms of energy development."

"Because he's on the wrong side of the aisle, he has to go along to get along with his Democrat leadership, and that's a shame," she continued. "That's a waste of opportunity for our nation."

Palin, who currently acts as a commentator on the Fox News Channel, told CNN last month she would definitely hit the campaign trail for fellow Republicans next year.

"Time's-a-wasting. Things are moving really quickly and if we don't get out there and defend this republic then America will be transformed into something we do not recognize," she told CNN.

 

[muh_roads]

'eh, we could do worse. At least watching CSPAN gives me masturbatory material now.

 

[torchbearer]

senate from alaska? could be worse.

 

[Smart3]

No way in hell will Miller run if she does.

 

[ghengis86]

'eh, we could do worse. At least watching CSPAN gives me masturbatory material now.

Really?

Well, I guess she's somebody's milf/gilf....

 

[DamianTV]

When will this woman figure out she belongs at a Strip Club, not Congress? I think she got the worlds two oldest professions confused again, but, really, can anyone blame her?

 

[trey4sports]

i hope she stays put and Joe Miller gets the nod.

 

[TaftFan]

Prefer Miller, but if she has the better chance to beat Treadwell and Begich I would welcome her into the Senate. We'll see.

 

[PatriotOne]

I hope she does. Another ally for Rand for the most part and seems like a no-brainer win (no pun intended ).

 

[muh_roads]

Really?

Well, I guess she's somebody's milf/gilf....

If my wife looks that good when she is that age, I'll be very happy.

 

[ghengis86]

When will this woman figure out she belongs at a Strip Club, not Congress? I think she got the worlds two oldest professions confused again, but, really, can anyone blame her?

Okay, that was funny!

 

[ghengis86]

If my wife looks that good when she is that age, I'll be very happy.

I wish my wife looked like that ten years ago!

(Ducks for cover)

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

Miller is better.

 

[JK/SEA]

she'd be a great addition to the freak show.

 

[angelatc]

Miller is better.

I would really like to see sarah help miller get elected, then turn around and take murkowski's seat for herself in 2016. That would be so sweet!!!

 

[compromise]

The last thing we need is a split in the vote in this race.

I agree with angelatc, Palin should go after Murkowski in 2016. Right now, she should campaign for Miller. We need a lot of major figures behind Miller - Ron, Rand, Lee, Cruz, DeMint, Beck, to name a few - if he's to have any chance at winning the GOP primary.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Joe Miller is the true candidate, not phony Palin. Sarah Paling couldn't even finish one term as governor, all the controversy, milking the Alaskan taxpayers, she's a self profiteer on the taxpayer's dime, just like the rest of them.

Miller is better.

i hope she stays put and Joe Miller gets the nod.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

So she is not starting new party?

She will not run, I predict.