> Because the liberal establishment and their political masters put pressure on him not to back down. The whole point is to derail Palin’s ambitions for 2012.
That being the case, the obvious ploy would be to run Sarah Palin as a stalking horse, and then put somebody like Ollie North for the 2012 candidate instead, with Sarah as running mate.
With respect, the obvious ploy is “never let the Left choose your candidate”.
The Left hates Palin and will hate her 24/7 for years, just as they hated Reagan and Thatcher. There will never be a letup. For - why would they stop, if it makes us change our candidates?