Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin finally broke the news to her supporters today: she’s not running for president in 2012. I doubt even the most hard-core Palin fans held out much hope that she would jump in the race. She doesn’t poll well in the early-voting states, and she has done nothing all year to build the organization she’d need to boost her support here. Why run for president and lose the nomination when she can collect on her Fox News contract and travel the country making paid speeches?
I’ve posted Palin’s e-mail blast after the jump. All relevant comments are welcome in this thread. Does anyone think there’s still room for a late entry in the Republican presidential field?
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