She ended up with a ton of political enemies after her run with McLame; and those political enemies were filing a ton of bogus ethics complaints against her. She had to defend herself from those bogus claims. Bogus or not, they still cost money to defend against. And while she had to attend to all the bogus ethics complaints, it took her attention away from doing the business of the state of Alaska and its citizens.
She did the right thing in resigning. That allowed her (R) Lt. Governor to take office mid-term and continue governing from a conservative perspective.
And it also makes that new governor an incumbent come election time, increasing his odds of winning reelection and keeping Alaska governorship in (R) hands.
With her resignation, Palin was freed up to earn money to pay off her legal bills as well as to have money to put in her conservative PAC to help other like-minded conservatives win offices across the country.
She is also now free to speak her mind and to energize the conservative base in the US who have been without a leader to look up to for many years.
Palin speaks plainly about American ideals and dreams, and the radicals hate that because they know that most Americans are not K Street lawyers and lobbyists and media elites and most Americans prefer Palin's view of America to the view of the Washington insiders.
While she was governor they could shut her up with lawsuits and "investigative journalism."
Now that she is a private citizen, she can unload both barrels on them. And I love it.
There are a few party (R)s who can't see the upside. I guess you are one of them.
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You may guess all you want.
Palin is getting wealthy. Good for her.
She's taken on the role of attack dog. Good for her and us.
But, quitting in Alaska killed any chance at national office. If she quit with the intention of one day running for the WH then it was a damned stupid move. The opposition will hammer her for it. That's just statement of an evident fact.
If she quit with the intention of chasing the dollar then it was not stupid but it wasn't particularly worthy of respect either, given her oath of office.
Your post indicates that Palin is funding her PAC with her own earnings. How do you know this? How much of the estimated $12million has she contributed to her own PAC?
btw...she was always free to speak her mind...she didn't have to quit to get that freedom, did she...