Rove sees Palin as 'formidable' presidential candidate

The Politico ^ | October 24, 2010 | Josh Gerstein

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Former Bush adviser Karl Rove said Sunday that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin would be a serious contender if she runs for president in 2012, but he dodged a question about whether she would make a good president.

Asked Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation" whether the former governor of Alaska was strong presidential timber, Rove took a pass.

"I don't know if she runs or not and if she would be a formidable candidate. But, look, there are going to be several geological ages that are going to come and go before the 2012 Republican presidential nomination fight gels," Rove said.

"Every one of these prospective candidates, if they decide to enter the race, has strengths that they need to work on magnifying and weaknesses that they need to endeavor to overcome — or challenges that they need to overcome. And we don't know how that's going to play out," Rove said...

[FreeReign]

Thats for the link.

Here's Politico "quoting" Rove.

"I don't know if she runs or not and if she would be a formidable candidate.

Here's the Rove quote I got from the video.

"I don't know whether she runs or not and if she does run she would be a formidable candidate".

Seems like Politico changed Rove's words. LOL!

[9YearLurker]

Thanks!