Well, it’s finally official – sort of; according to the Associated Press (AP) ex-sportscaster/beauty queen contestant/mayor/VP candidate/governor Sarah Palin is saying she will not run for president, leaving little doubt that the eventual Republican Tea Party (GOTP) nominee will come from the current field of contenders – or some reasonable facsimile thereof.

After months of leaving her loyal subjects guessing, the Ice Queen has issued a proclamation saying that she and her royal consort Todd “devote ourselves to God, family and country,” and that her decision by golly maintains that order don’t ya know.

Her Majesty told uber-conservative per-adolescent radio bloviator Mark Levin that she would not consider a third party candidacy because it would assure President Barack Obama’s reelection.

Yeah, because those hundred or so votes would make all the difference.

Later, in a video authenticated by the CIA and posted on Youtube, Palin said, “you don’t need an office or a title to make a difference.”

Interestingly enough, it was during the unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain, that Palin – the VP nominee – seemed overwhelmed by the national spotlight, faltering at times in televised interviews even when asked straightforward questions, and it was just this week that a former McCain staffer revealed there was serious talk inside the campaign questioning if Palin was fit to be sworn in if they had won the election.

Crazy or not, Palin’s decision is hardly surprising; to put it quite simply, there’s no money in running for president, and clearly her support has eroded to such a point where her chances of winning the nomination – much less the presidency – were somewhere between slim-to-none and a snow ball’s chance. Fact is Palin isn’t now, and never has been, presidential and the GOTP is better off with her not running and simply sniping from the sidelines.

So, now Michele Bachmann is the only crazy woman running, and as anyone who’s attended a family reunion can attest, one crazy woman at a picnic is enough.