and 2008 republican vice presidential nominee sarah palin talking to sean hannity about the need for re-enforcements for tea partiers like ted cruz in the senate. she's considering her own run for the senate against mark begich. >> i've considered it because people have requested me considering it. but i'm still waiting to see, you know, what the lineup will be and hoping that, there again, there will be some new blood, some new energy, not just kind of picking from the same old politicians in the state. >> when asked by "hardball" if the former governor would be the ideal candidate to challenge senator begich, the committee demured on palin but said, quote, the ideal candidate to defeat mark begich will be chosen by alaskans not anyone in washington, d.c. not exactly a ringing endorsement. is palin a serious senate candidate in 2014 or merely trying to create buzz in an effort to remain relevant in politics sort of like her