Sarah Palin's exit, or entrance?

Everyone seems to be speculating about Sarah Palin's decision to step down as Alaska's Governor.

I'm a Sarah Palin fan. I'm a fan because she gives normal folk an opportunity to support someone just like them. Regardless of whether she's qualified to be the President or the Vice President, she's a normal human being. And I like that. My -- and others' -- decision on her Presidential fitness will be made in the months ahead, and that's assuming she'll make a White House run.

The number of pundits crafting her political obituary are legion. I'm not so quick to jump on that noisy bandwagon yet. Her announcement. Was it puzzling? Yes... Fatal? Not necessarily.

Let's not forget that in the last few years we had a President who stained not just an intern's dress, but the reputation of the office he held. And he survived.

Robert Byrd wore a white mask.

Ted Kennedy made a big splash with his most famous scandal.

Closer to home, a US Senator with a wide stance survived credible allegations of seeking gay sex in a public restroom. If that ain't politically fatal, I'm not sure anything is.

Sarah Palin's future is still in her hands.

So those predicting the end of Politician Palin might be right, but not because she's stepped down as governor, rather because she's decided to be done.

As I said before, she's so well-liked (and hated) because she's normal. And I think a normal person would think twice about continuing a career that makes a teenage daughter the target of David Letterman's sick mind.

If there's a scandal and she's been blackmailed, we won't see much more of her.

And if it's political strategy, we'll see a whole lot more of her. And who knows... it might just work.