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Sarah’s Decision Coming Soon? Not likely.

 

 

The NYTimes summarizes todays non-story here.

In short, The American Spectator wrote that Sarah would announce her decision within a week or so.

Sarah promptly tweeted thusly:

Really? Hmm, guess they forgot to inform me what I’m ‘expected to do’ next wk…”

The latest I’ve heard from sources I consider both reliable and informed is that Sarah will drag out whatever suspense there is as long as possible.

She’ll go to Sudan, possibly to Israel in August for a Glenn Beck rally, and do two more legs of her bus tour, all the while delaying her announcement.

Unless of course she gets into a bad mood and cancels any or all of the above.  (Her history of extreme mood swings is something I pay considerable attention to in THE ROGUE.)

In the end, my best sources tell me, she won’t run.  All the skeletons in her many closets  are begging her not to, and she’ll listen to them.

She’s afraid.  She’s just plain scared of what might happen if mainstream media finally decides that the honeymoon is over and starts to dig.  If she runs, they will, this time.  If she doesn’t, why bother?

She also lacks the organizational ability to build the complex structure that a presidential campaign would require,  and she doesn’t trust anyone enough to let a professional take over.   Remember, in 2008, McCain just plugged her into an operation that was already in high gear, and even that didn’t work out.

Also, she’s not really committed to any cause except herself.

HOWEVER…I was told a month ago that the one factor that could change all the above would be the sudden emergence of Michelle Bachmann as the “new” Sarah Palin.  Sarah’s ego would not allow her to stay on the sidelines and watch Bachmann take the center stage that Sarah feels belongs to her.

And that’s exactly what’s happened in the past few weeks.  Bachmann is this month’s media darling.  If that lasts through Labor Day, Sarah might have to take the plunge.

I’ve always thought she would run.  I still think so.  But people who know more than I do tell me she won’t.

Bottom line for now:  expect the tease to continue until Sarah has sucked the last egg out of the golden goose.