OK. When is Gov. Palin going to announce she’s running for the old White House?
What’s the latest possible date she announce?
What information is she trying to ascertain before making a decision?
Thoughts?
Last dates: November 2011.
Nobody knows except Sarah and maybe Todd.
I would guess in by September at latest. There are filing deadlines for primaries starting in October.
I’m for Sarah whenever she announces.
Game On!
Let’s just say that WE will all know in October where she must by then file a bid for the Iowa Caucus deadline....... may be the legal deadline that she was talking about last months,
I think mid October is the absolute deadline. We've had Presidents within my lifetime (I'm still under 50) who didn't announce they were running until the October of the year before the election, campaigning just over a year. I don't remember if that was Clinton or someone else, but I do know that has happened within the past 30 years.
RexBeach wrote:
What’s the latest possible date she announce?
She keeps the smear machine at bay to some degree by not announcing. The MSDNC folks feel comfortable with only a day every week or two of "We hate Palin" focus, rather than 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, "Sarah Palin is horrible, how could she run for President." Right now, those clowns think they have won the battle and scared her away.
As long as she's polling well, with better favorables than the actual candidates, there's not a lot to gain by announcing, and some things to lose by announcing earlier than she absolutely has to. When she's included in a poll, she's polling ahead of most of the "not Romney" candidates.
I don't see much in the way of negatives. She might jump in before the Ames Iowa straw poll, or she might wait until the fall.
Until then, she's the mama grizzly in the room that everyone tries to ignore. The other candidates might think they can ignore her, but that might not work out so well.
She won't let all this organization on her behalf go to waste. I really think she will run (is actually running now). The only other explanation is that she will turn her organization(s) to support another candidate and play "king/queen maker."
“what’s the latest possible date?”
September 20, 2012
July 26th is the date of limitation for (baseless) Alaskan ethics charges. So some time after that.
I think she's waiting for "her" movie to come up before announcing.
As to the date, there isn't one, really. Oh, sure, people will say that you have to due X before the end of Y, but that's for people who are trying to run traditional campaigns.
The only thing "traditional" about Sarah are her values.
Everything else, she's doing her own way.
Technically, anytime before the Electoral College votes.
Well she told the BBC that fundraising would b e a concern since Obama plans to raise $1 billion dollars. So I think the bus tour and things might be giving her a window into how much a grassroots campaign could raise.
In practical terms, even she'll need time to raise funds and if she's not in before the September debate at the Reagan library she shouldn't bother.
>> “What information is she trying to ascertain before making a decision?” <<
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Its not about information; its about holding on to her source of income, and high visibility, as long as possible.
I’m inclined to trust her judgment, as she has been quite skillful at running for office so far.
July 26th which is the first day after the time limitations expire for the chance of any more of those stupid bogus lawsuits.