Yup. She made a political calculation, probably long ago, that she couldn't win and wasn't going to run. Palin kept her options open and teased this out way too long to keep the spotlight on herself, but it became obvious she wasn't really likely to run a long time ago.
All this talk of something changing in the last few days, or that she was under some new threat, or any of these other conspiracies are just fantasies dreamt up by people who were dead wrong about Palin's intentions and are looking for ways to explain how they misjudged the situation so badly.
You are dead on. Her explanation of why she isn’t running sound the same to me as other elected officials who leave office saying they “Want to spend more time with my family”.
That simply isn't true for most of Palins supporters....it's just not....they need no explanation other than what Palin has given...and that settles the matter period...for now.
I think the question really is :
"Why do those who said and say now that Palin...(fill in the blanks)......CONTINUE to oppose her and her supporters even after she has said she is not running?"
.....What is it about Palin which keeps people 'engaged' despite themselves?... It's all over these threads as evidence.....
What is it that she can fill the minds of people so that even her opposition cannot let go now...??????
It is an easy thing to understand the disappointment expressed by her supporters here, and quite natural it be so. What is difficult to understand is the hearts and minds of those who insist STILL to rake Palin and her supporters over the coals?????
There is something quite sinister about this...seemingly like those we see in these protests....their purpose scrambled, their intentions mixed...and their "agenda" hardly known even to themselves....but apparent to the discerning.