Part of her problem back then is that she was quite mad at he GOP and the way she was treated that she got a bit gun shy and resisted taking advise from well seasoned and professionally trained true Tea Party, though strong Conservative GOP members because of how badly she got burned by the underhanded backstabbing dirty tricks by then two slimy self centered RINO anti-Tea Party Principles, McCain and Romney.
Plus there were some pretty vicious threats to her and her family and IMO that had a lot of influence on her decision not to run.
Hopefully she can trust her loyal supporters (millions of them) to have her back and also hire some top notch security people, starting with a small very professional and competent team that did security for her in Searchlight and Reno whom I worked closely with at the Reno event. All of this the first year of the emergence of the modern day Tea Party Movement.
It probably wasn’t that she thought she couldn’t win because I believe that she could have overcome every argument against her by attacking who and what Obama was.
She probably considered that if she had won that she would not have been able to achieve the “relentless reform” that is needed given the composition of the Congress. She must know that she can only run once and for Sarah, there is no achievement in becoming President unless “relentless reform” can happen.
We have two more chances to get conservatives into Congress, conservatives that will follow her lead. She will do all she can in 2014, but it’s up to us to make it happen.