Andrew Sullivan: I Can Imagine Sarah Palin Beating Obama

CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Does anybody here really, does anybody imagine Sarah Palin being elected President of the United States?

ANDREW SULLIVAN, DAILY BEAST: Yes.

MATTHEWS: You can.

SULLIVAN: Yes, because...

[LAUGHTER]

GLORIA BORGER, CNN: Uh oh, here it comes.

SULLIVAN: ...not because of her apparent virtues, not because of Obama's weakness, but because of unforeseen events. I do think that if for example we have a collapse in the markets because of a debt ceiling crisis, if we have a second recession...

MATTHEWS: You're talking Armageddon.

SULLIVAN: If we have another terrorist attack...

BORGER: Sorry.

SULLIVAN: No, I'm just saying we shouldn't rule out things.

MATTHEWS: Okay, okay, let's go...