Sarah Palin Won’t Rule Out Run for Senate

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin declined to rule out a bid for the Senate if Sen. Ted Stevens wins re-election and is expelled or resigns. Republican Stevens was convicted last month on seven felony counts. He trails Democrat Mark Begich in the ongoing vote count, but if he does win and then leaves the Senate, Palin would be able to call a special election within 60 to 90 days. She said she would consider running if she believes Alaskans want to send her to Washington, according to Roll Call. “I just don’t want to close any doors at this point,” she said on Sunday. Palin also used the “door” metaphor last week when discussing a possible run for the White House in 2012 or 2016, saying: “If there is an open door in '12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I'll plow through that door.” By: Jim Meyers © 2008 Newsmax.

Thought For The Day - 09.04.09

"Bloom where you're planted."

I don't know who said it first, but I'll never forget who said it first to me: my mother. It was an admonishment to look around me at the opportunities and needs within my grasp - and to embrace them. Her message was clear: If you bloom where you are planted, beautiful, unexpected things can happen.

This is the story of Governor Sarah Palin. What makes her absolutely appealing to ordinary citizens across the country - both young and old - is that she didn't go looking for greatness somewhere "out there" - instead, she sought to make a difference in the lives of the people in her path - and in so doing, greatness found her.

What an amazing story - from part-time high school basketball coach to PTA member to small town and state government leader to having the second most powerful position in the free world within her grasp. Unlike others who have come before her calculating and planning their every step to the top of the ladder, Sarah Palin did what was right and one day woke up to find that she had been elevated to the pinnacle of power.

Sarah Palin not only bloomed in her personal circumstances, she also refused to wilt when faced with intense private pain. When given the news that her preborn child would be something less than perfect, she loved and nurtured the growing son within her recognizing that in God's economy, every innocent life has limitless potential and infinite value.

And, once again in the same year, as a sitting governor and rising star, when faced with a now too-common reality of a teenage daughter's pregnancy, she again chose principle over expediency.

Because Sarah Palin was true in her own life to the values she preached, she is now a national champion of the downtrodden, the "disposable", the helpless and the downcast. And she has shown the world the power of hope, forgiveness and redemption.

America is filled with Sarah Palin's who give, sacrifice, and surround their communities and families with love and support even in the toughest of times. Very few of you will be plucked from your hometowns and given a national mantel of responsibility which has been entrusted to her. But all of you will add color and beauty and fragrance in the fields in which you grow. May Sarah Palin's story remind all of us that God honors those who love and serve others. May her success inspire us to look first in our own neighborhoods for opportunities to change the world.

By, Rebecca Hagelin, a vice president of The Heritage Foundation the author of Home Invasion: Protecting Your Family in a Culture that's Gone Stark Raving Mad and runs the Web siteHomeInvasion.org.

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