Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. What in the world are you doing?

Remember the much talked about Palin bus tour? Well, it has come to an early end. The former governor of Alaska has gone on a ‘hiatus’. She’s now back in her home state, enjoying 19 hours of sunlight a day.

With all due respect, I didn’t think Palin would run for president, but I did expect her to at least take this bus tour seriously. If nothing else, it would be a tremendous occasion to give something back to her supporters, to bolster their passion and, yes, to raise money for her political activism.

Instead, the Barracuda turns her back on everybody and flees home.

Why, Sarah, why? It doesn’t make sense.

Oh, and that’s not even to mention the fact that she gives her enemies to repeat the narrative that she’s a quitter. Even if she didn’t plan on running this time around, perhaps she would’ve liked to run in 2016 or 2020. That’ll be impossible now; people will define her as a quitter, and there won’t be anything she can do about it.

Critics of Palin are certain to compare the appearance of her ending her bus tour before it was complete, to her resignation of the office of Governor before her term was complete. And whether or not that is a fair comparison is almost besides the point; her detractors will always find fault with her decisions.

Sarah, we’ll need an explanation – we’re waiting.

Oh, and by the way: I think that Michelle Bachmann could very well be the new Palin. Perhaps she could even out-Palin Palin; she too is a strong conservative woman, but she also appears to be better read and more knowledgeable that her Alaskan counterpart.