That's not true. It might be, if one were to presume that all the candidates stay in the race until the end, but we all know that they don't. The truth is that the longer she waits, the fewer candidates there will be for conservatives to rally behind. Think about 2008 - do you remember how as the primaries got underway, the media pushed us towards McCain, and we ended up with no other choice? What if someone like Sarah Palin had stepped in at that point? Would you have still voted for McCain to punish her because she waited too long?
Ummm she did, that's why McCain got as many votes as he did.