From Politico
Sarah Palin opened the door for another run for public office, railing against liberals who, she says, would like to keep her on the political sidelines.
In an interview Tuesday with Fox Business Network, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee was asked whether harsh criticism of her had driven her away from politics.
“Bless their hearts, those haters out there, they don’t understand that it invigorates me,” she responded. “It wants me to get out there and defend the innocent.”
“[T]he more they’re pouring on, the more I’m going to bug the crap out of them by being out there with a voice, with a message, hopefully running for office in the future, too,” Palin added.
She hasn’t run for office since stepping down as Alaska governor in 2009, in particular declining to run for the 2012 presidential nomination. Last year, Palin said on Fox News that she “considered” a run for the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich in November. Begich is in the midst of a close race with Republican Dan Sullivan.
Palin, who retains a strong fan base among conservatives, has been fairly active on the 2014 campaign trail, appearing in Kansas with Republican Sen. Pat Roberts and in Louisiana with Rob Maness, one of two GOP Senate hopefuls in the Bayou State’s nonpartisan primary.
In the interview Tuesday, Palin also praised Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Ted Cruz of Texas — two darlings of the tea party movement — and called on the GOP establishment to have “more guts.”
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