I've gone through them all and I think I have it narrowed it down to three leading contenders:
She's announcing she's running this weekend.
She's announcing she's not running this weekend.
She's not announcing whether or not she's running this weekend.
There are other theories, of course, but I find them unconvincing and unsatisfying.
Fund and the rest of the clowns pouring out of the tiny punditmobile in the center ring of the Establishment Circus risk being trampled by a certain pink elephant from Alaska.
Fund seems to see only that which supports his own conclusion. A good example of that is his take on the Perry T-shirt wearing girls in the "Iowa Passion" video. Could that not just as easily be seen as proof of Palin's ability to excite and unite even supporters of her potential rival?
There's evidence to argue against a pending Perry endorsement. Palin said that she's still looking for a candidate whom she can "put her heart and soul behind"; and if that candidate didn't show up in "short order" she would be willing to put her name forward. She said that a candidate had to have been vetted, which we cannot say about Perry. She said these things after Perry entered the race. Also, Palin will reportedly go after "crony capitalism" in her speech tomorrow. She has an established record of fighting crony capitalism (in her own party!). Perry is a poster boy for crony capitalism, for goodness sake. One would think that these things would give Fund pause before making so public a prophecy.
Fund has a 50% chance of being right.
I've been through Jimmy Carter and then out of a dead economy into Reagan and a new beginning. I recall the MSM at that time saying Reagan was too old, too stupid, was nothing more than a good actor, etc. in order to discourage Reagan, and the electorate, that he had NO chance.
My point: Reagan made his announcement to run in NOVEMBER, only 12 months before the election.
For those that may not recall... Reagan WON 49 of the 50 states in that election and removed the plague of Jimmy Carter.
Sarah Palin is in DIRECT control of her own Destiny.
I believe SHE, more than anybody, knows this.
They are all going to look pretty silly when she announces.
“In a recent slickly-produced video producer by Team Palin that chronicles her bus tour of Iowa, Palin shakes hands with a girl in an “Americans for Rick Perry” T-shirt and then poses for a photo with the girl and her fellow Perry supporters.
“Given the elaborate editing that went into this production, is it likely that Palin would have approved a visual nod to Perry as a mere coincidence?” asks blogger Robert Stacy McCain, a keen-eyed Palin watcher. “I don’t think so.”
Indeed, Republican governors tell me that while Palin and Perry attended meetings as fellow governors from 2007 to 2009, they clearly bonded. “As executives of the two biggest energy-producing states in the country they had a lot in common and were simpatico on issues,” one governor told me last week. “You could also say they are both larger-than-life personalities who no doubt learned from each other in the publicity department.”
Interesting.
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Good Article. No one knows what Palin will do however.
Yesterday I posted an article about Perry's people being behind the COD invite/not invite on Sarah's FB page. Ten minutes later, the post was deleted. I thought it was very strange unless Sarah is thinking about teaming up with Perry. The more I read about Perry the less I like him. I am a Palin fan and I do hope she runs for President. Interesting times, that's for sure.