I think Sarah had intended to run this time...BTW, there was no presidential campaign for 2010..but when Perry entered, after stating he was not going to, I think she felt that he made that move to prevent her from doing it. Maybe you didn’t notice that she called him on it. Anyway, she gave it more consideration, but you have to realize that there were already 8-9 people in the race by then. Not a good time to enter the fray. I do think that she was looking for ways to keep in the public eye so that people don’t say once again, “Sarah Palin? Who is she?”
I wish she had run. I wish she’d begun a 3rd party ticket in 2010 because by now she’d have a huge following, especially after the messy primaries in the GOP. There are a LOT of us who are sick of what has become of the GOP. If Romney?Ryan go off track, then they are toast and will not get a 2nd term. I DO NOT want a democrat in the WH in the foreseeable future!
And take off with Karl Rove's bound-and-gagged base? Good way to get yourself and your family assassinated.