Perhaps someone from the establishment emphatically assured her this would happen.
Romney and Obama would be competing for the same group of voters -- those Democrats and RINOs who voted for Obama in 2008.
Conservative Independents and Republicans would elect Sarah Palin in a landslide, against both Romney and Obama.
This is NOT 1992.
No they would not, and that goes for any potential 3rd party candidate. Sarah Palin knows this and hence said she wasn't running.
This is NOT 1992.
No, it could be worse. 1912.