To be fair, she may have had more than just personal reasons for stepping aside to let someone else be the Governor ... how eefective as the leader of the state do you think she could be while hounded daily by endless baseless lawsuits which she had to answer every time one came up? Sarah Palin is the kind of character who puts those she serves ahead of her, and if she felt she could not be the effective governor Alaskans’ needed, she has the integrity to step aside regardless of the snapping dogs waiting to attack her without thought to what real character means.
I dont doubt that she felt it was necessary for the security of Alaska for her to step aside. But she did leave before her term was up, and it because she had been elected to higher office.
I think the quit issue is somewhat silly, because the people who are going to vote for her no matter what will find a way to justify it by saying she did it for good reasons. And the people who are not going to vote for her will say that if she can be run out as Governor, what will happen as President (that is not my position, just stating what their line will be). And I dont think the independents will care about this issue. With the economy, 3 wars, government philosophy, class warfare, and social issues, I think this will be pretty low on the “vote for her, or not” scale.