Sara Palin in 2012

    On a serious note, I think Palin would be crazy to run in 2012.  Why would she want to put herself through all of the scrutiny and torture to be President when it's so much easier to be a Republican firebrand who can pick and choose what to do and say while making a ton of money?  I'm not saying it would be crazy for her to run as a candidate because she'd lose.  Depending on how things look in 2012, I can certainly imagine a situation in which she could win.  I can also see her building up huge leads in certain Republican primaries like Iowa, South Carolina, and other rural/Southern states.  Does anyone really believe that Sarah Palin wants to face the kind of scrutiny that is expected of Presidential candidates, her in particular?  People are going to want to grill her and I'm unsure of whether she can get away with only speaking on FOX.  If she doesn't run, she can play kingmaker as well as assure that whoever the Republicans do pick will have a great person to come out, give a folksy speech, and get people to see her.  Frankly, I think the GOP would be smart to make her party chairman and replace Michael Steele, it is not as if he is some kind of political genius.  This way she'd also be able to keep making a ton of money having ghost-writers create books and appear on FOX and TLC.