I will tell you what she could have done (assuming it was legal): set up The Sarah Palin Defense Fund and ask for donations. She would have raised a million dollars in a few days of that I have no doubt.
Sarah DID tried to set up a Defense Fund a d guess who opposed it and successfully got it tied up in court? The same law firm that represented Obama!
She did, but it was declared illegal and she couldn't touch the money.
Ethics Probe: Palin Legal Defense Fund Illegal
Moreover, she got NO help from the National Republican Party, which wanted to see her go down in flames too, just like Pete Rouse's Rat wrecking crew, coordinated and funded through the DNC.