I don’t know where you get your information, but you need a new source.  Regarding her bus tour, she made it clear that it would be multiple legs with breaks in between.  Regarding the so-called Paul Revere gaffe, it’s been documented by historians that she was right- Revere did warn the British, once Revere rode through the towns, bells were rung and and muskets were fired.  Regarding the “big announcement” in Iowa, neither Palin or her people said that she was going to make a “big announcement”.  That was fabricated by the media.

Apparently you’re the type of person who doesn’t question what the media feeds you.  You might want to think about that.

If we listened to what the media tried to spoon-feed us, we’d end up with Huntsman, or maybe even Ron Paul, whom they delight at hyping up. What kind of person asks a politician in an interview what kind of newspaper she reads? They did the same to Bush, I think. They should answer, I look for material that reports the hard facts and the truth, as opposed to your brand of dissemination and propaganda.

Well three out of four times, Ace, Mataconis, Moran, etal, not too mention Politico are either ‘incomplete’ or maliciously wrong, that doesn’t stop it from being circulated from here to Brisbane and back again

She has said plainly that she will decide by the end of September.  I would go with that.

She looks like someone who is considering a campaign, Jimmie.  I don’t see it as capricious at all.  There are others still considering whether to get in and no one says they look capricious.  

The only people I’ve found who care that she hasn’t declared is people who support other candidates.  I understand this is because they need to know her plans in order to counter her or use her.  I don’t care about those needs at all and I’m sure Sarah doesn’t either.

“But some still believe she can overcome all the problems even if no one else has been able to.  They never have any specific reasons she would be able to do this, or any rationale for their belief at all beyond blind faith in the power of her personality.”

Ridiculous ad hominem.  If you really think no Palinista ever backs up their arguments then you aren’t paying attention.  

I’ve no doubt that when and if properly investigated Zero and his minions could establish a new Gold Standard for criminality. I fully expect him to give himself and his varlets a blanket pardon on his way out.

Sarah Palin would/will not need big donations fron the millionaire/billionaire/corporate people/companies. Think about this, and this is only a hypothetical idea: Sarah Palin has over 3,230,000 plus people following her on Facebook. If each one of those 3,233,000 plus people each send $400 after she officially announces her campaign either sending that $400 all at once or say $40 per month for the next 10 months that’s $1,293,500,000 for bot primary and general election races. The maximum any one individual is allowed by law to donate is $2,500 per year. She would equal or easily beat the $1,000,000,000 amount Obama has been bragging about raising.

It is apparent that you are gullible and believe everything the egomaniacal news media tells you about Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin is not manipulating the people by not having formally announced her Candidacy yet. She is ripping the MSM a new one for manipulating her into making her decision on their terms. She will announce only on her terms not theirs or ours. She said we will know what her decision is before the end of September.

No, you look immature and impatient. She said when she’s going to announce, and it isn’t now.

Do you stil do the “Are we there yet?” thing to your folks?

See my comment above.

BTW: Do you think Rudy is being coy? I hear he hasn’t decided yet.

Ace is playing poli-analyst and that is not his strong suite. He’s falling into all the obviously traps. He and many other political junkies are so busy gaming this election, they’ve lost sight of what elections are about.

Practically, what Ace thinks or writes matters little, especially now. But it bugs me that he (and so many others) have so little faith in the democratic process. He feels that this election is so critcal that it absolutely MUST go the right way — and he is correct.

But he should have the sense to know thattrying to game this will not work! Especially by him — he’s just lousy at it.

People need to decide this one straight up, and I hope that, given recent history, they will do that. Not in blog comments of course – that’s too much to expect – but in the real world.

All you are saying is that Palin has some supporters who are internet junkies and go overboard. So what? What percentage of her supporters do they represent? 1 in 10? 1 in 1,000,000? What?

The internet is not the real world. It is not even decent representation of the real world. As a rule, internet society lacks civility, rationality, and capacity for critical thinking.

If that’s your evidence, you are concerned with internet junkies, not Palin supporters.

BTW: have you attended her events and met her supporters in person?

That would be Congress (owned and operated by the Democrats) who sold out the South Vietnamese, by refusing to provide the supplies and air support that Nixon had promised when he withdrew the troops.

I’m not claiming that Nixon is a conservative in the sense that we use the word these days. At best, he was a national-defense populist. But he didn’t deserve half the crap that was piled on him by the media.