You got the latter part of that right, but Sarah has never said the words, "drop dead date" in regards to when she'll enter the race. If she had, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now, because that would have been her de facto announcement.
I like Sarah and was ready to support her a year ago, but I doubted she would run. I still doubt it, and she should have made up her mind by now.
If you've doubted that she's going to run for so long, why are you so bent out of shape that she hasn't "made up her mind by now"? Doesn't that just sort of confirm what you've been thinking all along?
And you were ready to support her a year ago, but what - she didn't jump into the race in October of 2010, so you lost faith or something? Uh-huh....
On August 12th she said, “You know, I have siad that August/September is very important for logistical and legal reasons to jump in there.”
Q, So by next month?
A. “I think that for practical reasons that has to be a drop dead, also in fairness to supporters who are standing by, this is what I have told Todd over and over agian, I don’t want to be seen as, or perceived as, stringin’ people along, ask supporters don’t jump in there on the bandwagon because I may jump in, so hold off a little bit. That’s not fair to them.”
So yes she did say “drop dead”, you can see it at about 2:40 on the video here at...
http://politicons.net/palin-i-will-decide-by-september-whether-to-run/
I’m not pushed out of shape about it, but I agree with her. It’s not fair to ask supporters to hang around at this point waiting for her to make up her mind. I’m dissapointed not so much that she hasn’t announced she is running, because I wouldn’t blame her if she doesn’t, but I do feel she is stringing people along.