Why Palin Quit

It should be no surprise that most of the media has missed the real story why Sarah Palin quit. John Fund writes in today's Wall Street Journal:

Since Ms. Palin returned to Alaska after the 2008 campaign, some 150 [Freedom Of Information Act] requests have been filed and her office has been targeted for investigation by everyone from the FBI to the Alaska legislature. Most have centered on Ms. Palin's use of government resources, and to date have turned up little save for a few state trips that she agreed to reimburse the state for because her children had accompanied her. In the process, though, she accumulated $500,000 in legal fees in just the last nine months, and knew the bill would grow ever larger in the future.

The real story here is the tactics used by Palin's political and media opponents (there's a difference?). Karl Rove:

"...her decision "sent a signal that if you do this kind of thing to a sitting governor like her, you can drive her out of office."