You should stop and think---perhaps she has some very good legal and financial reasons, as well as political reasons, for NOT jumping in right now. Why should she? The election is in November 2012, and NOT November 2011.
Plus, look at the example of Michele Bachmann--she declared early, hired a large professional staff centered around Ed Rollins, won the Ames straw poll, and is now already out of money, losing both Rollins and the deputy campaign manager. She's done.
So why should Sarah follow that example?
Be patient. All good things come to those who wait.
Bingo! Even Pawlenty (who was the first major figure in) chastise Palin for not getting in the race if she was really serious about running and we see that Pawlenty was the first major figure to get out of the race after burning all of that money on the so called “best” team in place. Sarah is also about to get in where the rule of “there’s only room for one female conservative” Bachmann might leave the race soon as well!
Don't enter the race Sarah, because you can't make mistakes if you're not running?
And the primary starts the first week of February.
When do you think someone should start raising the money for it? Or start the paperwork necessary to declare their intent to run? Or collect the required number of signatures in every territory of the USA necessary to be placed on each’s ballot?
And remember, the is Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s in between, where nothing is going to really be processed or completed. So, cut out three weeks in between now and February.