Conservative Tea Party favourite Sarah Palin reckons she could beat President Barack Obama in a race for the White House amid growing speculation she will run for the presidency in 2012.

The former Alaska governor told America's ABC News she was seriously considering running for the Republican Party presidential nomination in the next elections.

"I'm looking at the lay of the land now, and, trying to figure that out, if it's a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family, if it's a good thing," Palin said in excerpts of an interview to air on December 9.

Asked whether she could defeat Obama if she ran, Palin, who was the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, answered: "I believe so."

Palin, who left midway through her first term in office as governor of Alaska, has previously hinted at a potential White House bid but has yet to formally announce if she will run.

Even if she won the Republican primary, Palin would face an uphill fight in the elections, as she is not considered popular in the country at large and was found wanting on foreign policy experience during Senator John McCain's losing campaign for president.
Now one of the most popular conservatives in America, Palin solidified her life in the spotlight by launching her own reality show on Sunday, featuring her family fishing, kayaking, bear-watching and relaxing in their tiny Alaskan hometown of Wasilla.


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Here we go again!

Dis woman is a huge joke.

Dis woman is a huge joke.

A real American role model?
Goodluck to her, she'll need it!

Of course she can - Just the same way that McCain can claim to be a virgin.