Has Sarah Palin lost interest in the presidency?

The Alaskan political celebrity gives the nation a big hint when she suggests running for office would put her in "shackles"

Sarah Palin implied Tuesday night that she might be better able to serve the country without the "shackles" of a presidential campaign and title.
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Sarah Palin still hasn't announced definitively whether she is running for president. But on Greta Van Susteren's Fox News show Tuesday night, the former Alaska governor did give some reasons why she might sit out the race. "Is a title and is a campaign too shackle-y?" she mused aloud. "Does a title take away my freedom to call it like I see it and to affect positive change that we need in this country?" Without the constraints of a campaign, Palin added, I "can be rogue, can be maverick, can be passionate about issues and can get people to think very wisely about issues." On the other hand, when Van Susteren asked if Palin thought she could win, should she decide to jump into race, Palin said, "I do." Still, did Palin just beg out of the 2012 race?

Yes. Palin prefers being an outsider: Palin sure doesn't sound like someone with "the needed 'fire in the belly'" to stage a "bruising and difficult" late run for the GOP nomination, says Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. And really, who'd want to "endure another season of handling and caricatures" from the hostile media? What I heard on Fox was "a leading activist preparing an explanation for disappointed followers as to why she's decided to remain an activist."

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