What most FReepers still captive to the Republican delusion don't understand is that the GOP nomination is worthless to Sarah Palin.
The defeated Romneyites, Pawlenty, Huckabee and Huntsman will endorse Obama (or Hillary), and the "Palin as Goldwater" strategy will succeed.
After Bachmann endorses Romney, this will be even more clear. It is ESSENTIAL for Sarah to run against Romney AND Obama, or Romney AND Hillary.
Running alone against Obama, with the defeated RINOs lukewarm or, worse, in opposition, won't work. Romney, and many others, will be validating Plouffe and Axelrod's main campaign themes for the MSM, either behind the scenes or outright (she's crazy, too stupid, etc, etc).Sarah's political people need to be very patient, to wait until the election crystallizes as "them against them", until "none of the above" is over 40% or 50% in the polls, and THEN (and only then) can the embryo campaign now being put together uncloak.
What an exciting time!
A Romney loss would also thoroughly discredit the Northeastern/Beltway establishment with the rank and file which is already disaffected with the establishment GOP.
The tea party (and Palin)could well emerge from a Romney loss as the successor to a devastated GOP.