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Sarah Palin Says 'Of Course' She's Interested in 2016 Election

Veronica Elliot January 29, 2015 01:00 PM EST

Former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks at the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana April 9, 2010. | (Photo: Reuters/Sean Gardner)

Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin recently said that "of course" she would consider running for president in the upcoming 2016 election.

Palin made her comments to ABC News' Neal Karlinsky before heading to Iowa, along with other 2016 hopefuls at the Iowa Freedom Summit last weekend.

"Yeah, I mean, of course, when you have a servant's heart, when you know that there is opportunity to do all you can to put yourself forward in the name of offering service, anybody would be interested," Palin told Karlinsky during a stop in Las Vegas, Nevada.

"It doesn't have to be myself, but yes […] happy to drive that competition, because competition will make everyone better and produce more and be more candid regarding their solutions they will offer this country. I am very interested in that competitive process and, again, not necessarily me."

Palin recently butt heads with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly when she told fellow Fox News host Sean Hannity that O'Reilly was a "quasi-conservative" for not taking her plans to run for president in 2016 seriously.

O'Reilly had recently said on a teaser to his show that Palin in the White House would be similar to watching a reality show.

"He names 'em off, he says, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin—oh, what a reality show that would be, yuck, yuck," Palin complained to Hannity.

O'Reilly sought to defend himself on another episode of his show, "The O'Reilly Factor," by saying he was simply trying to say something clever to attract viewers.

"So here's the deal," O'Reilly told the camera. "In TV land, where I live, you tease upcoming segments with flamboyant descriptions, so people will sit through the 18 minutes of commercials and watch it."

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