Barack Obama quit his Senate seat to pursue another job with 2 years to spare, after spending the 2 years before it campaigning instead of working. Bill Clinton first ran for President right after he promised the people of Arkansas he wasn't going to. Or is all that just down the memory hole?
Besides, people leave jobs all the time for personal and professional reasons. I'm not sure at what point the Ye Sacred Office of the Governorship of Alaska was established, but apparently failing to honor it is the new third rail of American politics. (Although a year ago, it was a minor and insignificant post that didn't make her qualified to be President.)
Methinks ya'll doth protest too much.
“Sarah Palin, no worse than Barack Obama and Bill Clinton”.
That’s not going to be much of a bumper sticker.
And technically, Obama did not quit his Senate seat, he simply stopped doing his job. And we all ridiculed him for it regularly, and called him a quitter.
But people understand when politicians run for higher office, and having won, leave their previous office. It happens all the time, and it’s expected.
Politicians don’t just quit their jobs, so it’s hard to say whether the people of Alaska will understand or not.
But you can’t expect the Press is going to cover for her like they did for Barack.