Its classic political warfare, paint your opponents as in-fighting. Its bullshit.
Correct. And, they are to this item on the list because their internal polling has shown nothing else has worked and they are going to lose.
Or possibly leak that Gov Palin is her own woman to attract some votes. There was another batch of stories of how Gov Palin was going to more directly appeal to women during the last part of the campaign. Maybe these she is striking out on her own leaks are part of that plan?