Exactly. A job is a job. She didn't quit because she suddenly hated her fellow Alaskans. She had her reasons. And...she makes mistakes. She isn't God...go figure.
I don't think it was a mistake at all, when has the media circus surrounding any losing canidate ever extended past election night? Never? Her 15 minutes of fame just wouldn't end, Alaska was not going to get it's Govorner back so she went with the flow and now she's alot more powerful than if she had stayed and bogged down the Alaska Gov office defending the former VP canidate.
She clocked out, stepped outside, handed her apron and her name tag to her replacement, rolled up her sleeves, took her stance, and said "what you got now bitches!? What you got now!?"