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Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin Won't Team Up For Presidential Run In 2012

Callie Schweitzer |
August 30, 2010 | 11:20 a.m. PDT

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Glenn Beck (Creative Commons)
Glenn Beck (Creative Commons)

Glenn Beck's admission that he would not be running for president with Sarah Palin in 2012 ended hopes for what could have been a great season of "Saturday Night Live."

The conservative radio and TV personality told "Fox News Sunday" there was "Not a chance" he would team up with Palin in the next presidential election.

Beck said he has "zero desire" to run for president and doesn't think he'd be electable.

A new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll shows 59 percent of Americans believe Palin would not be an effective president.

Beck may not have much confidence in Palin either: "I'd like to find [a presidential candidate] with some honor and integrity; I haven't seen them yet, but they'll show up."

His interview with Fox's Chris Wallace came after Saturday's "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The event, which Beck heavily promoted, was billed as a celebration "honoring our heroes, our heritage and our future." But the tone ended up being less political rally, more religious revival.

Crowd estimates ranged from more than 100,000 people to Beck's claims of 300,000 to 650,000 people.

Both Beck and Palin spoke at the event, which fell on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, spurring controversy among civil rights leaders.

 

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