Sarah Palin said she "won't close the door" on a potential presidential bid during an interview on the Fox News Sunday program.
"It would be absurd to not consider what it is that I can potentially do to help our country," she said.
Asked why she wouldn't run for president, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee responded that she has not ruled it out.
"I would if I believe that that is the right thing to do for our country and for the Palin family," she said.
Palin, 45, said she is receiving daily email briefings on domestic and foreign policy from Washington advisers and that she is more knowledgeable on those topics than in 2008.
"My focus has been enlarged," she said. "So, I sure as heck better be more astute on these current events, national issues."
Palin said some of President Barack Obama's decisions have been "misguided" and that he expects Americans to "sit down and shut up and accept" his policies.
"Instead of lecturing, he needs to stop and he needs to listen on health care issues," she said.
War card
Palin predicted that Obama could win a second term, if he "played the war card" and declared war on Iran or took other more aggressive military action.
"People would perhaps shift their thinking a little bit and decide, well, maybe he's tougher than we think he is," she said.
7 Months ago
How alarming is this. She'll plan to get voted in on a war platform and goodness knows who will help us if she wins ..... because she'll go ahead and start wars everywhere.