I think you are right... Imagine the hell her kids would go through if she runs for President.
I think her kids will do just fine if she ran. They've grown up with her campaigning and all that has come with it. It's even given them springboards to more. They've learned how to roll with the punches and laugh at the media like their mother.
If showing people what fools, liars and nasty people the "lamestream" media is, is all Sarah Palin ever did, it would be a great gift and one we should not squander or forget.