The more Palin waits, the more her polls go down. She should have announced for president right after helping the Republicans win the last election. She should have focused on the issues with her powerful charisma. With persistence and courage she could have proved she is of presidential timber.
Instead she has been wandering all over the place. Will she run, or won’t she? No wonder her polls go down.
I disagree. Had Sarah Palin announced that she was running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination in November, 2010, she would be campaigning for two straight years. The cost, both financial and physical, would be unbearable. By now, she would be considered 'old news' and the critics that now castigate Palin for supposedly 'waiting too long' (in their opinion, not hers) would be complaining that she 'started way too soon'. I'm convinced that most of those critics would never vote for Sarah Palin no matter when she declared her candidacy.
Instead she has been wandering all over the place. Will she run, or won’t she? No wonder her polls go down.
She has hardly been 'wandering'. Sarah Palin has been keeping a high profile (and leading the media around by the nose) so if and when she announces, it will receive maximum coverage. The polls are hardly an accurate reflection of Palin's popularity as will be obvious if and when she announces her candidacy. If Sarah Palin decides not to run (doubtful at this point) the date she announces that decision will be mostly irrelevant to an election 14 months away.