Actually, it was nice of her to wait until her father's election bid was over to announce this. She could have done this in October...
This is a point an uncomfortably large number of freepers have overlooked. He didn't cut her off until she attended the "Counter-Inaugural," yet many are claiming he tossed her once his election bid failed.
I strongly suspect this is another "McGreevey" case where homosexuality is being used as camouflage for betrayal.