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It is 11pm. Still No Palin Announcement

It's not us folks. It's her.

From MSNBC's First Read on September 5th:

After making speeches in both Iowa and New Hampshire, two early voting states, the question remains as the holiday weekend draws to a close, will she or won't she? Sarah Palin has indicated her "drop dead" date for a possible presidential announcement is the end of September.

And going all the way back to July 13, 2011, and Scott Conroy with Real Clear Politics:

Decision day is rapidly approaching for Sarah Palin, and for the first time the former Alaska governor has indicated a time frame for when she will make a decision about whether to run for president.

"You know, August and September, you do have to start laying out a plan if you are to be one to throw your hat in the ring, so that's basically the time frame," Palin told Sean Hannity during an appearance Wednesday night on Fox News.

It is 10pm. Given their relationship, Greta would be the natural place to announce

But we know by know that it is not happening today.

All day long the Palin supporters have been going absolutely nuts over this. They point out to the various inconsistent statements from Sarah Palin herself that would take a Palinologist to decipher.

She said September would be the drop dead date.

Now October.

But wait, she didn't say she would announce by the end of September. She said she would decide. She could decide, but not announce.

Today, on twitter, if you follow my feed, you will see a variety of people who are so wrapped up in the Cult of Palin that they can not handle what we here at RedState have done today.

We haven't attacked. We've just pointed out Govenror Palin's own statements from July and August that September would be her "drop dead date."

And the apoplectic response has been instructive into the very serious mental degeneration of Palin's supporters as she has continued to string everyone along.

But who knows. Maybe she'll announce in this hour. If not, I'm going all the way to 4:00 a.m. because only then will it be midnight in Wasilla.

It is 9pm. Will it happen on Hannity?

Stay tuned.

It is 8pm. Maybe She'll Do It On O'Reilly

Still hasn't happened.

I am reminded of this:

Consider that of all the candidates, Sarah Palin has the least excuse for her dithering. Unlike Perry, Bachmann, and Paul, Palin hasn't had a job with official duties for the last two-plus years. All the other quasi-retired or term-limited candidates have long ago declared. Even Jon Huntsman was serving as ambassador to China as recently as April; and by the way, Huntsman has a larger family than Palin does. I get that deciding whether to run for President is a difficult decision; however, the Presidency is a job of difficult decisions, and if it has legitimately taken Sarah Palin over two years to decide whether to even start the process of becoming President, then she is unfit for the job.

It's 7pm. Guess What Hasn't Happened?

I'd be on radio to talk about it, except I'm on child care duty with a sick wife.

But Palin has still not announced.

It's 6pm. Still No Smoke on the Horizon for Palin 2012

I'm thinking we need to put out the suicide prevention hotline. There has been no announcement.

Again, to quote U.S. for Palin:

Sarah Palin however has said she will make an announcement before the deadline to declare by the end of September. It is now September 8th, 2011 and all the media and her supporters have to do is wait till September 30th, 2011.

That's *US* for Palin as in AMERICA itself people!!!!!

It's 5pm. Everyone Tune to Fox I Guess

Maybe Sarah Palin will go on Fox tonight and announce. Maybe. We're going to keep tracking this story.

It's 4pm. Nope. Sarah Palin Does Not Appear to be Running

At least not today. Or this year it seems.

BREAKING NEWS: PALIN SUPPORTERS CLAIM SHE NEVER SAID IT OR MEANT IT OR SOMETHING

There is movement within the cult. They are mad as hell at us for pointing out Governor Palin set this as her own drop dead date.

Palin supporters want us to know that despite Sarah Palin saying that she'd decide by the end of September and despite Sarah Palin fan sites at the beginning of the month saying she'd announce by the end of the month, it wasn't actually Palin talking in "voice of God" talk, but rather a non-binding advisory opinion. On the same day she said September was a "drop dead date" she told David Brody it could be October.

This must be like when the Pope says something, but doesn't require that all Catholics go along with it and the Pope himself can change his mind.

Nonetheless, we'll still keep chronicling P-Day.

Today is the day according to her, not according to her fans. And yes, she has said the "media" is not going to set a "drop date" for her, but she set this one. In fact, you can hear Sarah Palin on tape talking about the deadline here. Go to 2:42 on this

Palin says, ""I have said that that August to September time line is important for a number of reasons."

I believe it is Jake Tapper in the blue shirt who then asks her "So by next month?" which would be September.

Her response?

"I think that practically speaking that would have to be it, that drop dead date. Also, in fairness to supporters who are standing on the sidelines, this is what I've told Todd over and over again, I don't want to be perceived as stringing people along."

"Drop dead date" was her turn of phrase.

Hasn't happened yet. Suck it up people.

BREAKING: Huckabee reconsidering (Not Really)

UPDATE: The Huckabee folks say this is news to them.

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Reuters reports Mike Huckabee is reconsidering an entry into the Presidential field.

I had said before he decided not to run that I wished he would get in the race because his sunny optimism about the country and ability to speak on the stump so well were needed if only to force the rest of the team to their A game.

I still kind of feel that way, though I think Herman Cain is going be the guy to do that.

I wouldn't mind seeing Huck get in, though I still dislike his economic policy unless he's evolved on that. I also still think it is really too late for anyone to get in.

Given, however, his existing fundraising base, he might be the one guy who could do it. But I think it is kind of late.