Really? According to whom? The same people who keep telling us that she's unelectable and not going to run? The ones who insist that she's going to support Perry on such-and-such date?
And, as usual, their predictions were wrong. Why do you keep listening to them? If it doesn't come from Palin herself or SarahPAC, any such "supposing" is just somebody's uninformed guess. And that's true whether it's from a supporter or a critic.
I had my own predictions, of course, that turned out not to be true, so I'm a prime example of someone you shouldn't listen to on the subject. ;) (That's not to say that I didn't have solid and logical reasons for my guesses, but in the end, I'm no more privvy to Palin's plans than Karl Rove, Erik Erikson, Ann Coulter, et. al.)
Predictions aside, Palin has said that she will announce her intentions most likely sometime this month, or early October at the latest. That's straight from her own mouth. What's the harm in waiting for her to act on her own schedule? The results will speak for themselves, one way or another, and all of these predictions, poll-gazing, and "conventional wisdom" won't matter one whit in the grand scheme of things, except to those who like to play the "I told you so" game.
“I had my own predictions, of course, that turned out not to be true,”
Exactly the point - you thought something would happen.
That’s a media playbook. Create anticipation. Reality: Nice speech she gave, no more there than was in her April madison speech. Palin has gone celeb, made $12 million, yet doesnt have the infrastructure for a real campaign. It ought to tell you something.
Last week or two, I’ve been trying to tell folks what I think is going on, that they are being strung along and it wont end well, but I’ve had flak from the Palin fans who don’t want to be told Palin’s not perfection with some brilliant secret plan.
I had an epiphany: I don’t care. Palin will make her decision on her time. Fine. If folks want to believe that it will end well (it wont), I’ll try to resist bursting the bubble they live in. I and many others have already moved on.