Why did she have us wait?
Maybe she wasn’t sure...although frankly, I never thought she’d run. But maybe she wanted to get her ideas out and then step back - or maybe she wants to be a kingmaker.
It will be interesting to see who she “annoints.”
Wait for what? Modern impatience has people forgetting that a candidate has until the start of November to announce.
She had to know for sure. I’m sure she’s been weighing a lot of factors before the decision was made.
She was probably looking at how she would be received by the voting public. I'm guessing she didn't want to throw her hat in the ring, and have it become evident that she just doesn't have a wide enough level of support to get the nomination.
She's got a deep base of people who are passionately supportive of her. Then again, so does Ron Paul. Her support needs to be wide as well as deep.
With her definitely out, the hard-core conservatives are likely to coalesce around Cain. Perry's immigration position has damaged him with conservatives.
That should have been your clue. The Florida and SC primaries are now in January. NV moved up. If they haven't already, IA and NH will move up. That is three months away. Did you really think that she was going to start a campaign for President of the United States of America three months from the first, critically important, primaries?
Heck, people--with big checkbooks--were begging Christie to run and he still said no. Why come in now, lose, and then mess up your chances later?
Ah, I can see the multitude of threads on FR postulating all manner of answers to just this question. I fear the truth might not be a favorite of her supporters.
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As long as she was a potential candidate she was relevent --- and marketable.
Because she knows if she doesn’t run, her value as a speaker and commentator goes down. She won’t make as much money. She is no longer relavent to the conversation. Why ask her opinion?
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That’s what turned me against her. These bus tours, this buildup and continuing to feed the run for the presidency and she just calls in to Mark Levin “Sorry, folks, I had no intention of running”. Astounding.
“Why did she have us wait?”
to keep interest in her which generates publicity for her speeches/books any other show she may have