Post date: Nov 21, 2010 7:54:50 PM
Former Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin creates a buzz over her presidential aspirations as her latest book is set to be released.
REUTERS - Former Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin's latest book rolls out in bookstores Tuesday (November 23).
The Tea Party champion will promote her second book "America by Heart," in a 16-stop tour.The book's release comes amidst buzz over whether Palin will choose to run for the Republican presidential nomination in the next election.
Palin says she thinks she could beat President Barack Obama in 2012, sending more signals she may be up for a bid.
The former governor of Alaska is doing nothing to discourage speculation she might join what is expected to be a large Republican field of presidential contenders.
Palin talked about her presidential prospects in an interview with The New York Times Sunday Magazine, which published a profile on Wednesday. Palin usually restricts her interviews to Fox News, where she is a paid political commentator.
"I'm engaged in the internal deliberations candidly, and having that discussion with my family, because my family is the most important consideration here," Palin told the magazine.
She said "proving my record" would be her biggest hurdle.
"That's the most frustrating thing for me -- the warped and perverted description of my record and what I've accomplished over the last two decades," she said.
Palin, 46, is viewed warmly among the conservative Republican base but skeptically by other Americans. A Gallup Poll last week said 52 percent of Americans viewed Palin unfavorably, the highest percentage holding a negative opinion of her since the 2008 campaign.