The republican nominating process keeps entertaining

PJ: Late last year, Sarah Palin strongly suggested that both Michelle Bachmann and Jon Huntsman drop out of the presidential primary, citing that it was not their time and suggesting that it was time to narrow the field and concentrate on the ultimate challenger to President Obama. Earlier this year she told her fans that if they lived in S. Carolina that they should vote for Newt Gingrich even though he too had lagged in the polls. She said it was to keep the 'vetting' going. And while she did not endorse Mr. Gingrich she repeated her plea to vote for him during the Florida primary. (What happened to narrowing the field?). She has not been shy about her desire to see the contest and mud to keep going and going and going all the way to the convention in August. Now she seems to like the idea of a brokered convention where anyone might emerge as the winner of the republican contest--even her. Kind of makes you wonder what exactly her plan is all about. Does she expect to emerge from the convention unscathed as the nominee without having to have suffered through campaigning and debates? Has she thought about what it would take for her party to put together a cohesive campaign between August and November? Does she care? Or does she simply like making acceptance speeches at the convention? Or is all this pandering being done to keep her name in the news, to tease her fans with the possibility of her running (just as she did last summer with her bus tour) so that they will send her as much as they can to refill her dwindling PAC?

CBS News

Sarah Palin says she is "game" for another run for office

By Corbett B. Daly

Fox News analyst Sarah Palin hinted Wednesday that it is not too late for her to get into the Republican presidential contest.

Asked in an interview if she would be interested in jumping in the race if there is no clear winner by the time Republicans gather this summer for their nominating convention, Palin said she would "do whatever I could to help."

Fox Business interviewer Eric Bolling asked about the possibility of a so-called "brokered convention" in Tampa, Florida, in August -- a scenario many consider unlikely.

Palin told Bolling she thinks "it could get to that," and if it does "all bets are off."

The former Alaska governor, who has made no secret of her distrust of Romney and desire for a more conservative nominee than the former Massachusetts governor, reiterated her desire for the nominating process to play itself out.

"If it had to be kind of closed up today, the whole nominating process, then we would be looking at a brokered convention. I mean nobody is quite there yet, so I think that months from now, if that is the case, then you know, all bets are off as to who it will be, willing to offer up themselves up in their name in service to their country. I would do whatever I could to help," Palin said.

Earlier in the interview, she said she likes the freedom she now has as someone who is not "shackled" by the titles attached to public officeholders.

"I cannot predict what will happen in the future, but I know that I have got the fire in my belly to try to help, to try to make a difference and if that involves running for public office at some point in the future, I'm game for that," she said.

Asked if he she wanted to elaborate, she said "no," adding "Because I don't know what it will be."

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