I might not have pointed this out properly. A silent/mute point can fade very rapidly...since it has never been officially been made in the first place.
Methinks it might be a play on words by the author. I admit it reads terribly...but nontheless it has a modicum of accuracy.
It looks like you (not you personally...first person plural) need to a read through some rather eclectic lines.
Also, read the line again with reference to the subject and her unannounced candicacy.