Today's announcement changed all that. The way I see it is that she just broke three tackles and has eighty yards of open field ahead of her. I like Palin but I have not been a supporter. The experience and depth issues were the major factors. Tonight they are meaningless.
If she can harness the current and future disapproval of Obama and pull in those independent voters, she could take it all. Yesterday as Governor of Alaska, she couldn't. Today as a leader of a people's campaign, she can. There is still a strong probability that she will fizzle but there is, for the first time, a chance. A magnificent chance.
YES!
I have nothing to base this on - it's just pure speculation, but what if she's going to align herself with the tea party movement and travel the country in support of these grass-roots events as the focal point of opposition to Obama? I think she may have something like that in mind, and I think she knows it's going to take at least $1 Billion to defeat Obama, so she's getting an early start.
Palin’s resignation might provide an opportunity for Romney. Assuming Palin is calling it quits for good, Romney could step in and offer to pay off Palin’s legal debt in return for her support in the primary. Palin’s endorsement of Romney could lock up the nomination for him and help him win over skeptical of his flip-flops.
Palin will excite the base like no other in a long time. If she chooses to, she could have a hand in a massive conservative takeover of Congress in 2010. She will be a lightning rod for consevatives across America.