[CharlotteVRWC]

‘They’ probably don’t feel she would be a stong enough candidate in 2012 to beat Obama, so ‘They’ want to downplay her as a viable candidate.

[TheFourthMagi]

The social liberals within the GOP fear that Sarah will beat Obama, and that the Republican Party will then be redefined in ways aligned with how she is: for the people, true to conservative principles, and such.