My question is if she did hit the East Coast how far down the road would that be?

I would think early to mid next week, but I could be wrong at that.
For anyone who did not watch Joe Bastardi's video today, I highly recommend it. It is 13 minutes long, and he really lays down a distinct possibility (if only TWC's 'updates' were like this). The most recent satellite imagery shows a good looking storm, and I may be somewhat disappointed if it is not given ts status in a later advisory.

Here is the link to JB. Click on tropical update:

http://weather.yahoo.com/vidindex/index.html

EDIT: Guys... I posted the link.