Reagan didn’t quit his Governorship early. Nixon wasn’t in office when he toured.
The problem isn’t Sarah going around the country. I was fine with her not running for re-election, and taking the time off to run for office (I thought George Allen should have done that instead of running for Senate again in 2006 if he was going to run for President in 2008).
But quitting in the middle of a term, after people took the time to vote for you to do the job, is different.
Yes, there is one inescapable fact. No matter how justified and highminder her reasons for throwing in the towel and quitting, she betrayed not only those who voted for her, but those who worked hard to campaign for her, and those who financed her.
You don’t lead by quitting.
And this still stinks to high heavens.