I am really of two minds on this one. The vid she just released along with the pundits hyping this 24/7 has her supporters so hyped that if she doesn’t announce, the roof is going to come tumbling down.
I know people are bussing in from all over the country with the expectation she will announce no matter what the TEA Party guys say. Most of them don’t follow or discuss strategy like we do. They are so hungry and almost desperate to hear those words from her that I fear if she DOESN’T announce, there will be a backlash. Hopes risen to a fever pitch and then dashed like that will have negarive consequences. I don’t know how many will actually get over it.
I said it on the other thread. She might not have planned to announce on the third, but her vid and her flurry of appearances, now the incessant drumbeat of the pundits, might well have trapped her into announcing before she planned to.
I have a lot of faith in Sarah’s ability to adapt to any situation. She actually helped to create this one and the rising excitement of expectation is already out past the moon’s orbit.
She risks a lot if she doesn’t announce. You can’t set people’s emotions on fire and then throw cold water on them.
That is asking alot, even from diehard Sarah supporters. because some will turn that excitement into anger. Would she risk that?
I honestly don’t think she can, unless by some miracle, she can tamp down the rising tide. And I just don’t see that happening.
I think it is possible that she underestimated the impact on her supporters of the video and the subsequent sequence of events she has planned on putting into place.
You make one helluva good point. If she doesn’t announce, then, all I ask that she say is “Keep your powder dry”.
She and O4P are clearly aware of the risk. I’d suggest that she plans to roll out enough to make her impending announcement clear. E.g., what if she simply told the crowd during her speech that she has resigned from her position at Fox News? I think she’ll give them more, but it will be short of an actual announcement.
There’s value in her waiting another couple of weeks and I bet she’s got a strategy for getting maximal press impact when she does announce.