The thing people don’t focus on is Sarah Palin probably had next to no chance of winning the Republican nomination in 2012 anyway. Politically she wasn’t dead. Alaskans still love her but her political presidental ambitions aren’t alive, if they ever were. I really doubt even Palin, herself had any hopes or still has hopes of winning.
But you know what, there are other things in life. Palin knows this, she is still a popular person. Regardless of what you think of her, she brings inthe crowds and people like her.
It’s like Jay Leno said when Clinton left office, "It doesn’t matter who wins Gore or Bush, the fact is the cool guy (Clinton) is out of office, and the other two are boring).
Say what you want about Palin, but she’s hardly boring, she entertaining and she brings in the crowds, along with those crowds goes money.
Look at it this way if you’re a wealthy housewife and you want to give a talk who are you gonna get, Palin or Vice President Biden? No contest, Palin is interesting Biden is boring. Even if Biden is smarter, has a lot more relevance in what he’s saying, that doesn’t matter, when it comes to raising money she’ll bring those donors in, just to see her, 'cause Palin is the “Cool” one.
I think Palin did a good thing by quitting her celebrity was getting in the way. Is she cashing in? Probably, but I read she can command about $200,000 per speaking engagment. That is $200,000 for a single talk in ONE afternoon.
As for the divorce it may actually help her. One thing Hillary received bad marks for was she didn’t divorce Bill when he cheated on her. Polls said people saw her as having no backbone or respect for staying by her man.
In today’s world divorce is no big deal.