Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the first woman elected governor of Alaska, has become quite a well-known personality, not only in her state but throughout our country.
After all, she became the Republican candidate for vice president on the ticket with presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.
But now does she have something else in mind politically?
She, and many others, recall the TV parodies of her pointing out that part of Russia is visible from Alaska.
In a widely reported recent speech, she teasingly played on her parodied earlier comment by saying, “We can see 2012 from our house.”
Was she just joking – or was that a hint that she is seriously considering a run for the Republican nomination for president in 2012? Who knows?
After all, an “unknown” came to be elected president in 2008. President Barack Obama surely is going to be the Democrats’ presidential nominee in 2012. But it is quite evident that no Republican has yet gained prominence as the leading Republican candidate for president in 2012.
Is Sarah just having fun, or is she testing the reaction to her “joke” with 2012 presidential aspirations?
Is it comedy or potential tragedy that our presidential race in 2012 could be Obama vs. Palin?
After all, we unfortunately have had several presidential contests in our history in which no candidate was really qualified.