What’s the deal with Sarah Palin?

In terms of the doctrine of vocation, people leave their callings all the time when God calls them to something else, including retirement. But to leave one’s vocation out of ambition for another vocation that one does not have but merely desires seems wrong. For Sarah Palin to step down from such an important office as governor to which she has been elected seems an abdication of responsibility. I suspect some big financial backer has persuaded her that running for president is a full-time job and that she can win the prize if she starts even earlier than our previous early runners. This, though, would seem to put politics over the actual exercise of an office, which is a distortion we need to change. Of course, she may have some other reason for stepping down, which could be a different story.