[Brices Crossroads]

If she was going for the sidelines, she would be accepting every speaking fee, which she is not by a long shot. If she wanted to make money, she could have had her own television show like Huckabee and could have made ten times as much money as she has made.

Palin’s choice will be as, it always has been: Country first.

[Piers-the-Ploughman]

Not that she probably ever considered it, she could be a movie star making millions. At this point, she could become a Libturd hero if she would just give up politics. But it is country first. Of course no one knows if she is running, but from her resignation speech in July and her remembrance of visiting soldiers who sacrifice so much for this country, I read into this a commitment on her part to do all she could for them and the rest of us, respecting their sacrifices by offering up herself.

[Polybius]

If she was going for the sidelines, she would be accepting every speaking fee, which she is not by a long shot.

Palin wouldn't even speak for free for GOP sure-fire caucus-goers in the crucial early caucus state of Iowa. Serious Presidential candidates trip all over themselves for every opportunity they can get to influence Iowa and New Hampshire voters

Iowa Republicans wince at Sarah Palin's $100K speaking fee ...... " Iowa-based political advocacy groups said they would never consider shelling out money for what many politicians see as a privilege: the opportunity to speak to a room full of sure-fire caucus-goers who often serve as precinct captains and can be instrumental to a presidential candidate’s success."

If she left any money on the table, it wasn't much.

Sarah Palin Has Earned an Estimated $12 Million Since July

She even charged the Tea Party movement and, only after there was an outcry, did she decide to "donate the money to the cause".

If she wanted to make money, she could have had her own television show like Huckabee .....

That is for FOX to decide and, as far as FOX knows, when FOX put Palin in the same time slot, AS A DEBUT, (mere curiosity should have brought viewers flooding in as even Katie Couric brought viewers flooding when she debuted) Palin's rating numbers were markedly decreased from Greta Van Susteren's rating numbers for that month in that very same time slot ..

While coming in first in its time perid — beating the Total Viewer average of the 10pm programs on MSNBC, CNN and HLN combined — FNC’s “Real American Stories with Sarah Palin” was down substantially versus the performance of “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” last Thursday as well as that program’s Thursday average for the month of March. “Real American Stories” delivered 2.073 million Total Viewers and 472k A25-54 viewers, down 10% versus last Thursday among Total Viewers and down 28% in A25-54. For all Thursdays in March 2010, the “Stories” premiere was down 10% among Total Viewers and down 19% in A25-54.

Why would FOX give a permanent show to a personality that is markedly less popular with regular FOX viewers than ..... yaaaaaawn ..... Greta Van Susteren?

"When even I can beat her like a red-headed stepchild in the ratings among FOX viewers, that's pretty darn bad."

Sarah Palin has an extremely loyal following that is a mile deep and a foot wide. ...... even among FOX viewers.

[freespirited]

Palin’s choice will be as, it always has been: Country first.

I think she will put her family first, then country. She will make the decision in conjunction with them, when the time is right.

I have no idea at the moment what it will be. Doesn't bother me. She'll decide what's right in due time.

[rbmillerjr]

It’s a simple as this for me.

There is not one credible possible candidate that is as conservative as Palin.

The establishment RINO of choice, Romney, is DOA if he wins due to ObamaCare being a critical issue and Mitt’s baggage.

Intangible: It would be great to have a real American family in the WH. By that, I mean a person who is not an elitist Ivy as usual...progressive.

I want somebody that has their hand on the pulse of Americana...and Palin fits the bill the best.

[mad_as_he$$]

So the reported $1 million per episode of “Palin’s Alaska” is going for the sidelines? Huckabee doesn't make near that and works every weekend.

[mad_as_he$$]

So the reported $1 million per episode of “Palin’s Alaska” is going for the sidelines? Huckabee doesn't make near that and works every weekend.