Given that small donors only have so much disposable income to donate to campaigns, every dollar that a potential Palin supporter has donated or will donate to another candidate - is a dollar she won’t get. Every potential supporter that has already become invested emotionally and/or financially in another candidate will be that much tougher to get back. Every point she drops in the polls b/c she’s not running, is another point she’ll have to make up.
“every dollar that a potential Palin supporter has donated or will donate to another candidate - is a dollar she won’t get. Every potential supporter that has already become invested emotionally and/or financially in another candidate”
I think you are missing a basic point. Much of the Republican base hasn’t committed to ANYONE, yet.
Look what has happened so far.
Candidate rises, candidate falls. All the polling to date is useless.
That small donations money is sitting on the sidelines right now, WAITING...