It’s incorrect to say, “She needed to make money to defeat them.”
It was not her money she was spending defending herself as Governor. It was that of the state. It was costing time and money and deterring her from doing the business of the state. So, she defended herself and then took the bulls-eye off, an elegant strategy! If the Democrats had left her alone, she would’ve been free to do her job and safely out of their way through 2010. She might even have run for a 2nd term.
You say, “Many see SP as an opportunist who wanted to cash in on her celebrity status and go on reality TV shows and write books and become an FNC commentator.” It might seem that way to the many who believe incorrectly that she needed to raise money to defend herself. This is not true. It would’ve have been true down the road, but it was not true at that interval. But once out of the Governor’s mansion, what would those many have her do? Santorum has posited that she might have done well to have donned an apron and dedicated herself to raising her children as Mrs. Santorum has. I have no doubt that you’ll concur that she needed neither the permission nor the blessings of Santorum and the many who see her as an opportunist who wanted to cash in on her celebrity status and go on reality TV shows and write books and become an FNC commentator to do whatever the dickens she wanted to do.
All of us here are familiar with the inside baseball with respects to her decision to resign as governor. The average joe in the street sees it a little differently. One day they see her as John McCain’s running mate. Then they see SP on reality shows, doing book tours, and winding up as a regular on FNC-—not to mention her daughter on Dancing with the Stars. They see the Palins cashing in on their celebrity status and they see losers like Levi Johnston trying to cash in on his connection with the family.
This morning according to rasmussenreports.com BHO thrashes SP 50% to 33%. The other GOP candidates are catching up, some ahead, others dead even or slightly behind.