Baloney. It was the only possible move if she wants to have a national future.
Read this:
Why Sarah Palin isn’t Dead Politically
She will now always be looked upon as quitting when the going got tough.
George Washington? good grief...
While she may well have been a good governor, I do NOT see her as presidential material, not by any stretch of the imagination, and I definitely don’t see her as the conservative messiah that so many others worship. Personally, I think she would do well to run for Senate...not the presidency.