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She will be an asset to whoever the nominee is because she draws a crowd. She speaks boldly and honestly regardless of the crap heaped at her. She can actually have more influence this way if you think about her ability to influence elections and her fearlessness.

I'm afraid the crowds will wane, perhaps I'm wrong. The words you used to describe her - "boldy", "regardless of the crap heaped at her", "fearlessness" would be absolutely appropriate IF she were running. She's not. And the reason she is giving is because they took a family vote and 2 kids said "no". I'm afraid when she speaks about being "bold", "fearless", etc., it's going to ring somewhat hollow to a LOT of people. A lot of people here on FR are saying we have no right to second-guess her, because we are not "in the battle" like she is. Ok, fair enough, but can't politicians now tell her the same thing - "you have no right to lecture me - you are not in the battle".

Not once have I heard her “lecture”. She speaks passionately about the things we care about. And she evidently had 6000 people roused and enthusiastic. If you’re a Christian you’ll realize the importance of seeking God’s counsel when you’re making an important decision. The only thing that will determine her influence is her. If she gets out there the same way she has the past three years she’ll get the same enthusiasm she generated before in conservative values and candidates.

There have been times in my life when I thought I knew better than God. I took a different path than He knew I should be on. It was a disaster. We can’t possibly see as far as God so we must have faith that He knows better than us what’s right. Even if you’re extremely upset that she didn’t run try to respect that she didn’t do it to string people along or any other selfish reason (a selfish person wouldn’t put themselves through what she has) but that through prayer and discussions with her family (mostly Todd, I’m sure) she found that another path was better.

Cindie