She needs to jump in the race now. And blunt the RINOs.
The chattering class and some potential rivals (like Pawlenty) say she can afford to wait because of her name ID. Translation: That's what they want her to do so they can get some traction.
Palin wrote in her book that she got into the governor's race early in 2005 because of the grassroots campaign she was going to run. My bet is that if she decides to run, she'll take your advice.