[Bigtigermike]

*if* Palin does intend to run, it will be a huge test to see how well she and her supporters can get organized. This will have to be a 100% grassroots effort, as there will obviously be NO help from the establishment, and everyone in the media lives and breathes to see the day she will be defeated “for good”

Going Rogue, pp. 110/11: "In 2005, I was the first Republican to file for governor because I didn't want to play the political "wait your turn in line" game to see if Murkowski, the incumbent, would seek reelection.I knew I wouldn't have the backing of the party machine anyway, so my reliance on a grassroots effort required an early edge before the other guys started lining up.In the primary, I was running against Governor Murkowski, of course, and his friend Randy Ruedrich was still the state GOP chairman - a bad omen to some but to us a motivating challenge. To win the primary, I'd have to go through both of them. It also meant we'd have no backing from the state party. I found my underdog status and the outsider label quite liberating. If there were only a few politicians bold enough to hook up with us, that was fine too. We built a network of nonpolitical, hardworking Alaskans who were tired of politicians bending with the wind."

[CondoleezzaProtege]

And this time Palin has the socio-path media challenge as well, something she didn’t have to deal with so much in Alaska. She’s obviously taking the reins on that level too: Fox News position, allying with Andrew Breitbart, looking to do documentary about the state she governed, facebook page, twitter, etc...etc...