Palin Leaves Door Open On Third Party Run

Sarah Palin joins Mike Huckabee in wanting to see the Republican Party be the party of the far right. Chris Cillizza notes that she is keeping the door open on a third party run if the GOP doesn’t bet back to its conservative base:

Asked by Larson whether she would consider running as a third party candidate, Palin said: “That depends on how things go in the next couple of years.” Larson told the 2008 vice presidential nominee that answer “sounds like a yes” to which she responded: “If the Republican party gets back to that [conservative] base, I think our party is going to be stronger and there’s not going to be a need for a third party, but I’ll play that by ear in these coming months, coming years.” Which, to the Fix’s delicate ears, sounds like Palin leaving the door wide open. As we have written before, Palin is not — and never will be — a candidate of the Republican establishment. Given that, and the unpredictability she demonstrated in her stunning decision to resign as governor over the summer, no potential avenue to the presidency should be ruled out.

If the Republican Party isn’t already playing to the conservative base, where does she think the party now is?

I agree with Cillizza that Sarah Palin would have no qualms about running as a third party candidate if she saw it as a potential avenue to the presidency. I’d take this a step further. I think she would run as a third party candidate for the fame even if she realized she could not win. It’s not like she has a day job to worry about.

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    D Runner says:

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    Cory Smith says:

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    Leslie Parsley says:

    I’m not sure the Republicans are cow-towung to the conservatives as much as they are to the extremists. This should only help the Democrats.

    And what will help the Dems even more is for Palin to try to form a third party. So, go for it, girl.

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