Yeah, I smell a scandal brewing. A big one. You don't quit with 18 months still, especially when it is your first term, especially if you have Presidential ambitions. It is counterintuitive to say the least.

The Rightwingers are already spinning this into some cock-and-bull story about her preparing to run for president in 2012, so that's a pretty good sign that they're trying to hush up a scandal.

Maybe somebody notices how relatively easy it would be for her to communicate with Russia, or North Korea?

Palin and Jong-il: Right-wing isolationists of a feather...?