Palin: Not Willing to Give Up
Interviewed by ABC News Wednesday, Governor Sarah Palin said she was “not in it for naught,” and that she would try to play a lead role in the Republican Party after November 4, even if she and Senator John McCain lose the presidential election.
Although most other members of the media tried to spin Palin’s words in a way that would indicate that she was already working towards 2012, believing she and McCain will lose this year, Palin’s own words make clear that her statement was one of defiance, not of ambition.
When asked by ABC News’ Elizabeth Vargas whether she would “go back to Alaska” because of all the sexism used against her, Palin answered: “Absolutely not. I think that, if I were to give up and wave a white flag of surrender against some of the political shots that we’ve taken, that … that would … bring this whole … I’m not doin’ this for naught.”
Vargas also asked Palin about her earlier statement which seemed to imply that if elected, Obama could attempt to ‘rewrite’ the U.S. Constitution in order to enable the federal government to “confiscate private property.” Palin answered: “[I am] asking the question, what do his comments, from back there in 2001, candid comments that are caught on tape, what do they suggest in terms of his idea for future Supreme Court Justices, and perhaps for being able to reach some of the goals that it seems that he has in terms of redistributing other people’s wealth… But not an explicit allegation like that.”
All in all, it seems increasingly likely that Palin will indeed continue to play a role in the national Republican Party, even if she and John McCain will lose next month. Unlike McCain, Palin riled up the base. Many believe that Palin will play an important role in the coming years, with some even suggesting she could revive her party. Whether or not she will succeed in doing so – she has many enemies and opponents as well – remains to be seen, but that she will try seems likely.
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Maybe she should run for Stevens’ seat.