[Carling]

“Is a title worth it?” she asked, rhetorically. “Does a title shackle a person? Are they someone like me who’s maverick? I do go rogue and I call it like I see it and I don’t mind stirring it up in order to get people to think and debate aggressively.”

“Is a title and a campaign too shackle-y?,” she continued. “Does that prohibit me from being out there, out of a box, not allowing handlers to shape me and to force my message to be what donors or what contributors or what pundits want it to be? Does a title take away my freedom to call it like I see it and to affect positive change that we need in this country? That’s the biggest contemplation piece in my process.”

Well, I honestly think she doesn't know if she's going to run yet, but if she is concerned with "titles" and "handlers" and "donors" after leveling charges of crony capitalism, I think she is leaning hard toward not running. Plus, calling herself a "maverick" and "rogue" is a little off-putting to me, considering she has been anything but rogue in her continued support for Juan McLame, and her silence when he attacked the Tea Party just a few months ago.

[chesty_puller]

Well, I honestly think she doesn't know if she's going to run yet,

I really don't understand what she is doing, but surely she knows what her own plans are. The game is getting insulting.

[gardencatz]

Actually, if you listened to her speech in Iowa she mocked McCain for his “hobbit” remark. That’s a strange way to show support.

Cindie

[2ndDivisionVet]

Are you obtuse or just too lazy to Google something?

Sarah Palin mocks John McCain’s anti-Tea Party “hobbits” comment
http://www.mofopolitics.com/2011/09/03/sarah-palin-mocks-john-mccains-anti-tea-party-hobbits-comment/

Video: Sarah Palin Slams John McCain’s “Hobbits” Comment At Tea Party Rally in Iowa
http://www.hapblog.com/2011/09/video-sarah-palin-slams-john-mccains.html

[MN_Mike]

Pay attention not to what Sarah can say on Fox News but what she wears: a running suit

[ballplayer]

Sounds to me like she is Auditioning for Bill O Reillys Gig.
She sure Did not sound Like Presidential Material

[wtc911]

Does a title take away my freedom to call it like I see it and to affect positive change that we need in this country? That’s the biggest contemplation piece in my process.”

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She is delusional (being as polite as I can be)if she genuinely thinks that having the title of President of the United States would be more limiting vis a vis actually making change than sitting in the studio in the house by the lake would be.

[2ndamendmentpa]

She has been using that “you dont need a title to be a leader” theme for quite awhile apparently - although I first noticed it at the Iowa speech.

Interestingly - when I was searching for that quote - it turns out, there is some self-help/leadership book by the same name.

http://www.youdontneedatitle.com/

I cant see her use of that phrase as anything but a round about way of announcing that she is not going to run. How else could you interpret it?