[Carl Vehse]

The manner and timing of Sarah Palin quiting and the inexplicable speech she gave suggest one thing to me: Someone or some party threatened her family in a way that neither the Alaska law enforcement nor the FBI could stop.

IMO, in some way the choice was presented to her by someone (I have no idea who or what the way was) - "Either your political career or your family will be destroyed; you choose!"

Sarah rightly chose to protect her family.

[redangus]

I think this is why Jindahl has pretty much taken himself out of the running for 2012. Good people are willing to take the beating, sometimes their spouse are willing to go along, but few will expose their children especially young children to it. This is now the Lefts playbook. The Letterman thing was not a happenstance, it was the shot across the bow of all Republicans heading into 2012. If you challenge the Bambster not only you, but your whole family will be destroyed unmercilessly. This is how banana republics are run folks get used to it. The Left has a bottomless pit of money, the whole of the media and news establishment behind them and no morals to get in their way. It is going to be ugly until the American people get fed up and say enough.

[redgolum]

IMO, in some way the choice was presented to her by someone (I have no idea who or what the way was) - "Either your political career or your family will be destroyed; you choose!" Sarah rightly chose to protect her family.

I agree. Palin and politics on the national stage is over. I just hope it isn't a scandal, but I fear that might also be an issue.