Palin was not threatened out of running for President. This is just the stuff of conspiracy theories used to explain political events that don't fit into the world view of true believers. Does she get threats? All the time. Does near every public official/influential figure? All the time. Does anyone really not run for President because of threats? Pretty much no. Palin is a very determined person when she wants to be, if someone had really tried to strong arm her like that I'd bet Palin would have done just the opposite.
It is far more likely Sarah looked shaken/upset because she knew she was letting down a lot of hard core supporters that had believed all along that she was running for President. She was delivering some very bad news that was going to upset a lot of people, and at the same time confirming the beliefs of all those that said for months that she wasn't running (which only served to cause more hurt for her supporters).
I looked shaken too when, after hiding it for awhile, I finally had to deliver a bad report card to my parents whom were led to believe I was getting good grades. Obviously it is not an easy thing to do.
NO cheers, unfortunately.
Oh well, cheers to you anyway.
Do you have proof that would stand up in court that she wasn’t?
The look my wife saw wasn't someone saddened by letting political supporters down: it was very much a look of one of the Dryads in C.S. Lewis's The Last Battle shuddering in agony as its host tree, miles away, was being chopped down with axes.
Palin was *scared*.