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I think she's playing Perry and his supporters as fools with purposeful editing. Reminder, she says there's no one in the race RIGHT NOW that she can get behind:

M. Kelly video from August 18th (11:42) When asked what would make Palin get in the race...

PALIN:(quickly typed)... still looking for a candidate I can get my heart and soul behind to support if I don't see that person in short order I would be willing to put my name forward in the name of service...

KELLY: Have you not found him or her yet?

PALIN: No, I'm impressed with the line up but there still is quite a long process, lot of coming and goings with this line up... I know I'm not the only potential candidate sitting on the sidelines waiting to see things unfold.

You are a Palin supporter, so I would think you could get what she said right, and not twist it.

she says there's no one in the race RIGHT NOW that she can get behind:

That is not what she said. She said there was no one in the race that she was ready to support RIGHT NOW.

She said she was watching the field, which she called "impressive". She's deciding if she can support any of them, and I presume she is doing so seriously, and it will include the debate and how they handle themselves and are received.

Wow. You left out part of what Palin said (at least you put it in "..." to show you took it out.

Unfortunately, the part you took out shows that she was in the middle of a statement when Kelly interrupted, and her "no" that you chose to highlight was just the shortest answer she could give, and was not part of her thought process.

Here is the more full text:

Palin: Still listening to the debate and the discourse and the GOP lineup right now, and still looking for that candidate whom I can put my heart and soul behind to support, if I don’t see that person here in short order I would be willing to put my name forward in the name of service, I’m impressed with the lineup
Meghan (interrupting): Have you not found him or her yet?
Palin: no, I’m impressed with the lineup, but there’s still is quite a long process, there will be a lot of comings and goings with this lineup...

It is clear that she was NOT saying she couldn't support any of the candidates, she was saying she was still LOOKING at the candidates to see if she COULD support them.

I just say this because if Palin ends up not running, and instead endorses one of the existing candidates, I don't want people coming back and saying she lied in this interview, based on an inaccurate interpretation of what she said. For all I know, she'll run, or she'll back someone who isn't yet in the race. But her words clearly don't rule out her supporting an existing candidate.