[norton]

" She’s protecting her family from an endless barrage of abuse."

BIG problem there:

She's going to have to find a means to earn and repay a half a million dollars;
Cannot allow it to go unpaid if she is to be allowed any credibility in the future.

How do pols and former pols do that?
Speaking fees.
Speaking in front of audiences that can be stacked and for a media that will remain heavily biased.

She's not going to get away from the abuse, it will follow her regardless.
She may be protecting Alaska but, unless she finds a cave and $500,000 somewhere, she and her family will remain in the cross hairs.

And she isn't running in 1212 either.

[slowhandluke]

She's going to have to find a means to earn and repay a half a million dollars; Cannot allow it to go unpaid if she is to be allowed any credibility in the future.

I've skimmed through several hundred posts on this subject, and haven't noticed any reference to the trust fund set up to help defray her legal costs: http://www.alaskatrustfund.com/. She's taken a lot of flak for standing up for conservatism. It wouldn't take that much from each of the conservatives to cover most of that debt.

[denydenydeny]

She may be protecting Alaska but, unless she finds a cave and $500,000 somewhere, she and her family will remain in the cross hairs.

$500K would only be a minor portion of the book advance she would command.

[La Enchiladita]

And she isn't running in 1212 either.

I think it's a little late for that, anyway.