With that in mind, how does she get there?
Staying on in her current office would lead her to the foot of the next step. That is your thinking, right?
There's one tiny detail missing: circumstances. Her family was amassing a debt that, since late last year, has climbed to over $500,000, with no sign of change in rate. (We will leave aside the baseless nature of these charges for this discussion, and presume her innocence).
Now, let's call it six months, $500,000. At present accrual rate, you have three more $500,000 periods JUST TO HER RE-ELECTION in 2010. That's $1.5M in the hole. Take it out to 2012, that's $2.5M deficit in legal fees. Not a good way to start.
The political consideration: The political blood loss from so many wounds, cumulatively, as this fake charge or that one makes the news would bring the grim prospect of unrecoverability.
Thus, she stayed on, per conventional wisdom, and ends up deeply in debt and politically savaged. Not a good way to start a race!
Now, let us consider the alternative: Guerrilla warfare. She appears when she wishes, where she chooses, unshackled from the restraints incumbent on a governor, and the Left suddenly faces an enemy that attacks from nowhere, from the shadows, again, and again, and again. She begins the process of political payback.
Financially, she has adoring fans nationwide. She is a draw. These fans, loving her and having concern for her welfare, place money in the collection tray and not only wipe out the $500,000 debt, but begin building, bit by bit, a pretty substantial warchest.
Organizationally, she shuns conventional wisdom and instead goes outside the system. Remember Obama during the Primaries? You get the idea. She begins appearing at strategically-selected Tea Parties, and not only gets exposure herself (if she does this early), but awakens America from its slumber as it sees angry, energized, fired-up fellow Americans growing something BIG. "What is that? What is bothering them? Should I be concerned? Better yet, maybe I should be involved!"
You see how this works?
You got it and if that’s the strategy I like it a lot.
Good analysis.
She is really really pi$$ed. She has been attacked, her kids have been attacked, and her husband has been attacked, mercilessly. And this is a women that understand hunting. She has learned how lethal and dangerous her enemies are, and that to defeat them, it will take more than a pistol. She needs some big guns.
I believe that she will no more shy away from this fight than any other she has taken on in her career. She just wants to do it from a position that allows her freedom of movement. She will start hitting back and hard, with the intent of skinning her enemies and putting their pelts on her wall. That's what you do when there is a dangerous predator out there. And I believe she now views the MSM and the Dems as that kind of threat.
Just my opinion.