Are These Emails Proof Sarah Palin Is Running For President?

Well, if nothing else they’re proof that Todd Palin is not a silent partner in whatever Sarah Palin‘s ambitions happen to be. However, this particular email exchange between Todd Palin and Alaskan Senate candidate Joe Miller, obtained by the Alaskan blog Mudflats, appears to suggest that even if Palin never runs for President she definitely wants people to think she is capable of being President.

Some background first from Mudflats:

In May, the then dark horse Republican/Tea Party senate candidate Joe Miller gleaned an endorsement from long-time friend Todd Palin, followed on June 2nd by an official endorsement via Facebook post from Sarah Palin. Miller’s subsequent stunning upset over Republican incumbent Lisa Murkowski may have had more to do with a ballot proposition calling out social conservatives, but has been widely credited, at least in part, to the Palin nod.

Then a few weeks back Miller appeared on Neil Cavuto and when asked if he thought Sarah Palin was “qualified” to be President responded that there were “a number of great candidates out there.” The email exchange below is what followed.

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:13:06 -0800
Subject: Fwd: Sarahs letter
From: [Joe Miller]
To: [Aides]

Just found this in my inbox. This is what we’re dealing with. Note the date and the complete misconstruction of what I said.

Holy cow.

———- Forwarded message ———-
Date: Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Subject: Sarahs letter
To: Tim Crawford, Joe Miller , Thomas V. Van Flein

Joe and Tim,

Hold off on any letter for Joe. Sarah put her ass on the line for Joe and yet he can’t answer a simple question ” is Sarah Palin Qualified to be President”. I DON’T KNOW IF SHE IS.

Joe, please explain how this endorsement stuff works, is it to be completely one sided.

Sarah spent all morning working on a Facebook post for Joe, she won’t use it, not now.

Put yourself in her shoe’s Joe for one day.

Todd

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Holy cow! (I sort of suspect that ‘holy cow’ was more about losing another Facebook endorsement than the tone of the email.) But evidence that Palin is running for President? I’m doubtful. As I said, I think she’s more interested in having people subscribe to the idea it’s possible and let her continue on her merry, Facebook-wielding way.