WASHINGTON — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she’s not only staying involved in national politics, but she plans to jump back into the national scrum when she leaves office at the end of the month.
The former Republican vice presidential nominee said she plans to write a book, campaign for political candidates from coast to coast — even Democrats who share her views on limited government, national defense and energy independence — and build a right-of-center coalition.
“I will go around the country on behalf of candidates who believe in the right things, regardless of their party label or affiliation,” she said in an interview published Sunday in The Washington Times.
Palin shocked critics and allies alike when she announced on July 3 that she would leave the governor’s office while in the middle of her first term. She will step down July 26, and has not said whether she is building toward a presidential campaign for 2012.
Palin plans to write a memoir but declined to discuss any potential deal for her to become a television commentator.
“I can’t talk about any of those things while I’m still governor,” she said.
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