Palin coy about 2012 run

SARAH PALIN said yesterday a 2012 presidential bid is “not on my radar”, but wouldn’t rule out playing some role in the next presidential election.

“My ambition, if you will, my desire is to help our country in whatever role that may be, and I cannot predict what that will be, what doors will be open in the year 2012,” she told Barbara Walters.

When asked whether she would play a major role, the former Republican vice-presidential candidate replied that “if people will have me, I will”.

Palin is making the rounds to promote her new book, Going Rogue, which came out yesterday.

Palin said she’s received plenty of offers during the past few months, including to open up her family for a reality show, that she has rejected. She also said she wasn’t sure if a talk show would be best for her family. “I’d probably rather write than talk,” she said.

The former Alaska governor said she’d rate President Barack Obama’s performance a four out of 10. She criticised the president for his handling of the economy and for “dithering” on national security questions.

“There are a lot of decisions being made that I — and probably the majority of Americans — are not impressed with right now,” she said, adding his. Nobel Peace Prize was “premature”.

In the book, she criticises the people who ran McCain’s campaign and says she wished she had been allowed to speak more freely.