It wasn't that she could not take the criticism, it was that her rocketing to conservative stardom on the national stage caused the Left to try to cripple her any way they could, and they found a way through constant frivolous ethics lawsuits the legal fees for which Sarah was having to pay to defend out of her own pocket with no chance of reimbursement even if she won. At $500,000 she pulled the plug. Months later the law was changed to provide for reimbursement.

I don't blame her a bit for resigning. The brain-dead, jealous, half-Leftist Legislature left her twisting in the wind at the mercy of the Soros crowd.

Many, many votes in Congress see dozens of representative/senators "on the fence." Sarah has the charisma and forthrightness to persuade many of them at those times. I don't know if Begich will even vote the right way, much less persuade others to.