I think she withdrew from being governor to protect her family because they were also getting personally attacked.
You may be right, but if true she is a coward.
When Bill Clinton was under fire for having an affair in the Oval Office and lying under oath about it, he took a defiant attitude, refused to resign or give an inch, and by the end of the impeachment crisis was more popular than before it began. People respect strength, Rubystars, whether or not the person displaying it is in the right or wrong. They don't respect weakness. This is why Israel is a mockery among all the nations of the world and everyone respects the Arabs, blacks, etc. If Palin had demonstrated some cojones and fired back at the haters, she would have been able to overcome all this, but now, she will be remembered forever for what she is, a 98-pound weakling.