There’s a reason for the rocket-like rise of Cain.
He ain’t so easy to beat as you think.
All indications at this point is that Palin has chosen not to run, because she doesn’t even have anything up and running as of yet.
Unless there are things happening under the radar that nobody knows about, she’s choosing to sit out the race.
No, that’s not all indications at all. She reportedly has a small but very good staff (e.g., Jason Recher) to ramp up an unconventional run that will depend more on her media and social media skills, retail campaigning skills, and anti-big campaign money strategy than the usual hack-filled campaigns. She’s got grassroots energy and volunteers that beat those of the rest of the candidates combined.
Why do you think the likes of Tokyo Rove and Fox News tried to force her to announce earlier, if at all? Because that would have made it easier for them to take her out. She knows what she is doing and has timed this thing perfectly.
Cain is still only at 55% name recognition, for crying out loud, whereas Palin’s still ahead of any of the candidates on that, even all the months and years and millions in campaigning from the likes of Willard.
Cain is succeeding nicely in selling his books, but he really only rose with the base’s reaction against the Romney and Perry alternatives. He is almost assuredly at the high-water mark of his popularity right now—and may have burst it with his cheap shotting of Perry on Sunday.