It’s just my opinion as a solid Palin supporter that she made her decision in 2012 after looking at the entire US political picture. She probably asked herself what good it would be to win an election and not have the level of congressional support to put her policies into action.
We only had DeMint in the Senate and poor prospects of Republicans taking the Senate in 2012. We now have several conservative senators at least partly because of Gov. Palin. We have a better chance in 2014 to take the Senate. We won’t be encumbered by a national ticket that won’t talk about Obamacare.
A 2016 conservative ticket will have coattails and give the new President their agenda.
The possibility that a President might have the ability to turn the country around morally and economically in 2016 will be a magnet to attract Palin to the race. She knows she’s the one that can do it and maybe the only one.
I hope your right, I used to think the GOP was doomed to never win another POTUS election after Barry got a second term. But, I think we’ll have some good candidates in 2016, don’t know if Palin would be there, but I would be happy with a Ted Cruz, Gov. Perry, or maybe Rand Paul.