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CNN: Sarah Palin to resign as Governor. Says she could beat Obama. But at what?
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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has announced her intention to resign as chief executive of the nation's 49th state.
But she recently confused a lot of supporters and critics with a confident statement about her ability to beat Barack Obama.
However, the controversial prospective 2012 Republican presidential candidate wasn't talking politics when she issued the comment.
In fact, she was referencing a friendly little footrace.
"I betcha I'd have more endurance," the Alaska governor and avid runner told RunnersWorld magazine. "So if it were a long race that required a lot of endurance I’d win."
When asked to reflect on a memorable run from her other memorable run (her bid for Vice President) last year: the Alaska Governor said:
The one that really stands out I'm embarrassed to death to repeat. I went for a run at John McCain's ranch a couple of days before the debate with Joe Biden. My favorite thing in the world is to run on hot, dusty roads. I don't get enough of that in Alaska. So I was in heaven and there were plenty of hills so I knew my thighs were going to just throb and my lungs were going to burn and that's what I crave.
I like running alone and having the Secret Service with me added a little bit of pressure. I'm thinking I gotta have good form and can't be hyperventilating and can't be showing too much pain and that adds a little more pressure on you as you're trying to be out there enjoying your run. Then I fell coming down a hill and was so stinkin' embarrassed that a golf cart full of Secret Service guys had to pull up beside me. My hands just got torn up and I was dripping blood. In the debate you could see a big fat ugly Band-Aid on my right hand. I have a nice war wound now as a reminder of that fall in the palm of my right hand. For much of the campaign, shaking hands was a little bit painful.
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