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Preview of Governor Palin’s interview with Connie Smith

Peter Hamby from CNN reports

Sarah Palin continues to leave the door to a White House run wide open.

In an interview with “100 Huntley Street,” a daily Christian talk show based in Ontario, the former Alaska governor said she “doesn’t know politically what is next for me.”

But Palin said she will “pursue” a presidential bid in 2012 if she decides it’s the best way to help everyday people with their challenges.

The former vice presidential candidate has generally avoided talking specifically about her 2012 plans, but her comments in Canada are her most forthcoming since she told Fox News in February that it would be “absurd” not to consider a presidential bid.

Palin said she and her family have had an “exciting and full ride” since the 2008 presidential campaign ended. Her travels around the country over the last year and a half, she explained, have given her a glimpse of some of the struggles that regular Americans face every day.

“If I can help provide some encouragement, some inspiration, some hope for them to get through their battles and make good decisions and get through a challenge, because that’s what we’ve been able to do, then I am going to stay focused on that,” she said in the interview, set to air next week. “Whether that’s on a local level in my own little town of Wasilla, or in the Oval Office, if it’s right, then we will pursue that.”

Palin said her next move depends, in part, on what God has in store for her.

“I do believe that it is a wise thing for us to put our lives in our Creator’s hands,” she said. “I put my life into God’s hands and say, I’m going to do the best that I can every day to bring positive change to people that perhaps need some help. Need opportunity, too.”

“That’s what I’m going to do, day to day, not necessarily knowing what will bring to my family, to my country, to my life, in the next year, two years, three years down the road,” she added.

Palin sat for the interview last week during a visit to Ontario, where she appeared at a charity event.