Leaving Stewart’s ranting and raving aside, I wonder what Sarah Palin is up to. Judging by her interview with Greta Van, it appears she isn’t going to run, yet she takes enough of an interest in the GOP presidential nomination that she makes a point of setting up the “crony capitalism” charge against Perry.
She isn’t running, YET....
Neither was Ronald Reagan when he was making similar remarks about Phil Crane and Bob Dole in the fall of 1979.
And remember, George Bush I won Iowa and PR BEFORE Reagan took Iowa.
I observe human beings professionally.
There are lots of PDS (Palin derangement syndrome) and PAS (Palin adoration syndrome) theories on this site, and any one of them may be correct.
The most probable thing, however, IMO is that there is some personal or family problem that is holding up what she obviously wants to do.
On September 3, she made references to "my plan", speaking about eliminating capital gains tax and tax breaks. Her Facebook notes, some of them, have been quite detailed about certain issues a President would need to deal with.
Before the VP nomination, she had a reasonably well-balanced personal life. She has become both a political leader and a celebrity since then.
Celebrity is brutal on family life, with so many examples that it is unnecessary to mention any to illustrate.
Maybe the price of Being Sarah Palin is higher than she thought. Maybe going forward means leaving important things behind.
Those issues don't conform to schedules.
Just my opinion, understand, but it fits the facts better than many others.