The country may be free, but it sounds to me like you don't really understand how this website works. I stated an opinion. You disagreed. I provided evidence for that opinion. You suggested that we agree to disagree. As of this moment, there are less than a handful of states that pollsters (event the conservative ones like Luntz and Rove) see Palin definitely winning. There are several big states (with most of the delegates and most of the Rockafeller crowd) that they see Palin definitely losing. Therefore, she can't win. That's why she's deflecting questions about her running. As long as she stays away from a third party run, I'm a fan of hers. Should she change her mind, she will set the conservative cause back 35 years.
Who knows, she may re-vist the idea of running in four or eight years. She is a young woman, and there's a lot to like about her.