So, let me get this straight.
If you’re a resource poor politician and you leave your job to make a national campaign at least a possibility, then you’re wrong.
If you’re a rich, connected politician and you leave your job early to campaign, then you’re right.
And, it’s far better to impoverish yourself by beating your head against a stacked political deck than it is is to set up your party to continue control for the remainder of your term and for the forseeable future.
FWIW, I’ve long believed, and it can be tracked here on FR, that a politician running for another office SHOULD resign that office so the state in question can receive proper representation during the years devoted to the campaign.
It is far better for them to have to choose.
She seems perfectly willing to take the fire from the Democrat Party while others seem willing to pushing narratives with the intent of eroding her support. Yes, there may be a problem with Palin....the problem is that she's willing to put up with claptrap.
If it was her intention to quit in order to set up a run then it was a bone-headed move.
If it was her intention to quit and then pursue personal enrichment outside public service then she has succeeded wonderfully.
Real world activity, as opposed to freeper wishful thinking, has proved the second.
In an ideal world sitting politicians would step down once they declare for another elected position in order to be fair to the populace who elected them. I think that ascribing this motive to Palin is not supported by the facts, considering that she did not step down to run for VP and did not declare for any other candidacy when she did quit.
A boatload of folks here define Palin by what she says and by that which they want her to be (a candidate). I prefer to define her, and any other politician, by what she does.