It was you who just said a few minutes ago that Sarah enjoys the same worship as Obama did in the last election, so now you are backtracking fast.
I gotta work tomorrow. It was fun chatting with you, Sparky.
Because she has almost a blind following among a large percentage of conservatives. Throwing that support behind a Republican candidate would help the candidate in a primary.
In the general election, she could actually hurt the Republican nominee in certain states by campaigning for him or her.