How in the hell can she be part of a debate without being a candidate? Am I missing something here? Or, is the plan that she would have announced by that date?
The dog and pony show of Palin grabbing and gasping for limelight without being a candidate is really getting tiring.
I love Sarah, but you are correct.
This crap is getting OLD.
Says all you need to know about the current field, then, doesn't it?
Bachmann was not a candidate when she participated in the first GOP debate. Most debates will invite potential candidates with over a 5% poll ranking. Palin was invited.
And so the media have you drinking their koolaid. Everytime one of these things happen, it's from some source outside of the Palin camp.
Someone in the media announces that she has decided something and too many people, especially Freepers, just gobble it up like it was Gospel. When she announces something, it is on her Facebook account.
I checked, she has not announced participation in the Sept 12th debate. When she announces it, I will believe it.
Otherwise it is a media dog and pony show just trying to get stupid people to believe it is Sarah Palin's dog and pony show.
She has plenty of time to announce before this debate.
There is no dog and pony show because you and your cohorts are not paying attention to what she and her staff has been saying about possibly running.....
Her staff was hinting early this spring that she could get in as late as October and still be effective. Now of course she herself has moved that up to September and no later than the end of September, why you might ask? First of all she and her staff talked about reserving resources (money) - going low budget with bus tour, going big on Internet and commercials, relying on organize grassroots to be her vast staff beyond her inner circle of advisers - you may disagree with such a strategy, but in her book, Palin hated the top-down typical Republican machine campaign and so going in late saves money where we see already that many who got in early are having or had (Pawlenty) money issues or peaked TOO early (Bachmann).....o
If you're missing something then so am I.
It makes no sense for someone to confirm that they will participate in a candidates' debate without first announcing that they are a candidate.
If the TPX folks allow this of Sarah then that will be a mistake.