I keep saying people need to “Read” Sun Tzu and all the answers to what she has done and what she will do are there. I want to see her in yesterday too, but strategically, it’s not the right time yet. Let the also-rans destroy each other THEN come in and clean up. Why fight when you don’t YET have to?
All the “I’m sick of waiting” people will forget that in 2 seconds when she announces.
Seems pretty simple to me.
What’s the practical deadline for primary election filings? No point in going public until the day before that date.
Sun Tsu, indeed. Stop playing by popular rules/expectations and make winning moves instead.
Another comparison is... Apple. A company who announces nothing, speculates nothing, says nothing until a new product is either going on the shelves right then or there’s legal obligations to publicity (FCC filings, etc.). A company whose advertising is short on technical specifications and long on emotional connection. A company who delivers what a fiercely devoted minority want. A company who is now the biggest gorilla on Wall Street. Likewise Palin: doing the right thing, stirring up huge hype by doing nigh unto nothing, playing the rules and not the commentators, terrifying the competition.
We’re over a year out from the election. There’s no need to announce when she’s the favorite already. Don’t play to the demands of the enemy. Head to the heartland, meet would-be constituents one at a time, generate real power, and - above all - do the right thing.