Beck is wrong on this, or Palin is stupid. One or the other. Palin on the sidelines in this fight is to fall into oblivion. The folks who want her to step up will be thinking Fred Thompson. Is he a big time power broker? No. In fact, he has more or less passed from the scene. Palin would as well, but she seems to be playing the same game as Thompson and this has her supporters very concerned.
For now, Fox is putting pressure on her to say in or out. And, with Beck's departure, Palin will find Fox increasingly hostile as they fade away from being a center right news source.
Beck, in his recent chat with B. O., did not say that he is leaving Fox, breaking his ties with Fox. Actually, I heard quite the opposite, but possibly I dozed off for a moment.