Politics | 10/30/2008 9:40 am
Palin Vows to Break Glass Ceiling for Women, Win or Lose Nov. 4 (Video)

Sarah Palin says she doesn’t know why many women don’t support her candidacy or why others believe she isn’t qualified to be vice president, but she says she says she’s not going anywhere soon.
Palin was interviewed by "Good Morning America’s" Elizabeth Vargas, and despite the polls, the Alaska governor was very upbeat.
She said she’s "thinking that it’s going to go our way on Tuesday, November 4. I truly believe that the wisdom of the people will be revealed that day."
Many are wondering where Palin will be in 2012 if John McCain loses the White House race next week. Some think she will be the Republican presidential nominee four years from now. Asked whether she would pack it in and return to Alaska if that happens, Palin said the "double standard" over how she has been treated in the media has made her more determined to "work that much harder for the women in America to show them that that final, hard-as-glass ceiling must be broken."
"Absolutely not. I think that, if I were to give up and wave a white flag of surrender against some of the political shots that we’ve taken, that … that would … bring this whole … I’m not doing this for naught. … We’re gonna progress, we’re gonna keep going forward. It is all worth it and I’m not complaining about any of it.”
Palin said the constant attacks on her undoubtedly have an effect on how some women view her. Polls show today that 60 percent of women have an unfavorable view of her.
"You have to consider that there has been the constant barrage, a kind of spin on my record or my positions, and there has been much of that negative spin," Palin said. "Perhaps it would change someone’s perception."
But she vowed: "I’m not going to let the women of America down."
Palin also said she has no idea why some prominent Republicans like former Secretary of State Colin Powell say she’s not ready to be the No. 2 in the White House, especially since she’s never even met them.
“I would love to meet these people, have a conversation, instead of superficially making a statement like that," she said.
Palin also said she can’t think of anything she would have done differently in this campaign – except for having more hours in a day to get McCain’s message out.
As to whether the campaign coverage of her has been sexist, Palin said there’s no doubt been a double standard, especially where the expensive wardrobe story was concerned, as well as questions that have surfaced about how she can balance her family life with office politics. “I have not heard that asked of male candidates,” she said.
“If my skin isn’t thick enough to take that as a candidate, I shouldn’t even be thinking about serving this nation as vice president,” Palin added.
Click here to read the excerpts of the ABC interview.
Below is a video excerpt of the interview.























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