Sarah Palin has certainly had a big influence in this year’s Republican primaries, and she could very well leverage this into a top-tier position in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries. But for some reason, a bunch of Republicans have had a hard time saying she actually is qualified to be President. It’s almost become a litmus test of sorts for Republican candidates this cycle — after Palin backed them, will they really go so far as to say Palin could be president?
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