>This week, after Tyler voted for
>Dan:

>1) By voting out Tyler, she
>made Dan feel safe.

The same would have been accomplished if she had removed one of the guys that voted against Dan.

>2) By deflecting Dan's paranoia from
>Will, she backed up Rodney,
>who is Will's closest ally,
>and so helped herself with
>him.

I don't think this helped Carolyn with Rodney at all.

>3) By setting a plan where
>the women voted together to
>oust Tyler, she solidified her
>position with Sierra, who wanted
>Tyler out and also wanted
>to be in a female
>alliance.

See, this is where acting last week would have been better because the female alliance would have included one more female. Kind of important, wouldn't you say?!

>The real question is this: if
>you're Carolyn, who do you
>want to take to the
>end?

With Shirin and Sierra, Carolyn would have much more control over the Final three. Of course, Shirin would be too dangerous to keep all the way to the end but she would have helped get rid of some of the guys.

Dan's so dumb
>as to be unpredictable,

True, but with Shirin, Carolyn would have essentially gained a second vote, neutralizing a lot of Dan's unpredictability.