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RonDog, In all due respect to you, if she has ‘always been running’ then why has she herself stated repeatedly that she was undecided, and why would her own mother, who was asked at/near the time when they had pizza with Trump, state that she ‘had no idea what her daughter would do’? Now if Sarah Palin and her mother state that why would anyone possibly give a scintilla of credence to anyone asserting that she is, and always has been, running? Is this not a fair question to ask? If not, please state why not.

Thank you for allowing me to CLARIFY my position, which perhaps I stated too clumsily.

Here is a more ELEGANT way to formulate my position, from a comment by C4P's Aaron Herald:

As for me, it is easier to simply accept Governor Palin at her word rather than to presume she's being disingenuous.
(And no matter the reasoning or motive--war, strategy, cleverness, Sun-Tzu yadda yadda--disingenuousness is the underlying presumption of this way of thinking.)
And that word is that she's not made the final decision. I believe, like many here, that she's long planned for a potential run and has taken proper steps to be in position to make an effective run following an announcement. That is a prudent and forward-looking course of action by a serious potential contender.
It is, though, a markedly different thing than a decision to commit to a run.
An imperfect analogy that might serve to help here is the distinction between an engagement and a marriage.
The engaged has agreed in principle to marriage and begins taking all the necessary psychological, physical and practical steps to plan for the wedding.
The true committment to the marriage, though, does not happen until the couple stand upon the altar and utter the words "I do".
Sarah hasn't said "I do" yet.
I choose to take Sarah at her own word that she's not made the final commitment. To do otherwise would be tantamount to calling her a deceiver, and I refuse to do that.
I hope, pray, and strongly suspect she will say "I do."

I sincerely hope that this analysis helps YOU to understand what many of us feel in our gut about Sarah Palin's "intentions" -- as much as it has helped ME. :o)