You are a stand up person, EV!
I actually had that same meal lined up (and it would have REALLY hurt since some of my detractors were pretty doggone hateful).
I really did do the analysis work and concluded that Gov. Palin wasn’t running and her delay in stating so was unhelpful.
But she just as “easily” could have defied logic (to a point, this really was at the edge of the timeline) and tossed her hat in.
Try to be, and I REALLY picked the wrong day to try to quit smoking! LoL!
.....(actually just switching to the electronic, BUT STILL!)