Originally Published: 2/19/2010 Leonard Pitts Jr.: Palin should do nation a favor and run for president -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Sarah Palin: I hear you're pondering a run for the White House in 2012. You told Fox News it would be absurd to rule it out. I'm writing to ask that you rule it in. I very badly want you to run for - and win - the Republican nomination for the presidency I know you're waiting for the punch line. Maybe you figure I think you'd be a weak candidate who would pave the way for President Barack Obama's easy re-election....