If Sarah gets in by sometime in September, the media will still have plenty of time to tear her down along with all the others.
By entering, these people can get the issues that hurt them the most out of the way early on.
Tonight, most of them dealt with those issues pretty well.
As each one enters, they enjoy a short honeymoon, then the bashing begins.
I expect she’ll be in within two weeks and you’re right, she’s going to bashed by the media all through the race. But Cain, Bachmann and now Perry have all had their boomlets, though Perry’s is more of a full-scale boom and still going.
Palin’s been wise not to seek too much of the limelight too early, we’ve still got five months before the first vote is cast!