There are filing deadlines that are approaching. October 31st is the filing deadline for Florida and South Carolina, and there's a whole host of others in November and early December. That she doesn't even have a campaign infrastructure in place at this point means that she had better get people and capital in place quickly in order to meet the deadlines, have somebody get through the minefield of paperwork and filing requirements, and pay the entry fees for 56 different state and territory primaries.
If she's running I'm sure she's aware of these, but there isn't a lot of time to start planning. Most candidates have already payed their filing fees and are on a lot of the ballots already.
If she tweets that she will be appearing somewhere, people often come from hundreds of miles away for the chance to meet her.
She already has the loyal supporters and the name recognition.
And The Undefeated is in effect her cheap solution to campaign ads. On Pay-Per-View now, then going to Wal-Mart where the talking heads *aren't*. (I once worked with a manager who refused to be caught dead in a Wal-Mart, even to save 30% on brand-name paper towels he was buying anyway. He also rented a Dodge Durango which he had to trade in after a couple of months because he couldn't afford the lease *and* the gas prices. When I asked why he didn't buy a smaller or more fuel-efficient car, he haughtily told me "That's not the kind of image I'm trying to present.")
Cheers! With retail politics Cheers!
It sounds like she’s got about 2 months left then. How does anybody know she has no infrastructure in place? She seems to get coverage wherever she goes. She’s got a PAC. She’s a maverick. After being shackeled by the McCain campaign, she’s finally got her voice back, and her rhythm.