Palin will announce on November 3. If she was to announce before the elections, every person she’s endorsed would find their election would be about Palin and not the candidate. I can’t see Palin giving the media that kind of opportunity.
Oh, you betcha. Sarah is far too savvy a politician to announce her bid for the WH before the mid-term elections are over.
My gut tells me that she would prefer to announce after the new Congress is sworn in, in January, but with the threats developing in the lame duck session, she may have to announce sooner, to shift the power dynamic.
Her announcement would throw the entire lib establishment into gut wrenching panic, and cause Reid and Pelosi to reconsider some of their more poisonous bills.
Dunno, but I'm sure her announcement will come at a point where it will achieve maximum effect and impact.