Speak No Evil

Last Wednesday, Sarah Palin officially dropped out of the Republican candidacy race, which is a tad bit confusing, since she wasn't officially in the race to begin with, even though she kind of was. Palin had not officially declared her candidacy, which eliminated her from any debates and straw polls, but did not stop her from essentially stalking and stealing publicity from the other candidates. In most of the previous straw polls and other major Republican events, Palin happened to coincidentally be in the same area at the same time, but now that she has dropped out, she claims to, instead of stealing the spot light, want to use “all the tools at [her] disposal to get the right people in [to the White House] who have a servant’s heart.”

It is very curious to see Palin take the back seat for once and decide to support others, rather than being the center of attention, and I am not sure how this situation will work out for the other candidates. Palin does have her followers that will jump on the bandwagon of the chosen one, but there's also her notoriety that might scare potential voters away. Will whoever Palin thinks has a "servant's heart" benefit from her backing? Or will her name chained to the chosen candidate's ultimately sink him or her in the end?