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NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she could beat President Barack Obama in 2012 and is "looking at the lay of the land" for a possible presidential campaign. In an interview with ABC News, Palin said she is undecided about whether to run.
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"I'm looking at the lay of the land now, and ... trying to figure that out, if it's a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family, if it's a good thing," the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee said.
In the interview, scheduled to air Dec. 9 on ABC, Palin is asked if she could beat Obama in a presidential contest.
"I believe so," Palin said.
Palin acknowledged in an interview with New York Times Magazine that "proving her record" would be a "hurdle I would have to cross," ABC News reported.
"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 told the Times.
"It's been much more perplexing to me than where the lamestream media has wanted to go about my personal life," she said. "And other candidates haven't faced these criticisms the way I have."
"I'm engaged in the internal deliberations candidly, and having that discussion with my family, because my family is the most important consideration here," ABC reported Palin had told the magazine.
"I'm on television nearly every single day with reporters. ... Now granted, that's mainly through my job at Fox News, and I'm very proud to be associated with them, but I'm not avoiding anything or anybody. I'm on Facebook and Twitter. I'm out there. I want to talk about my record, though," she said.
