result #133954 - SARAH PALIN STEPS DOWN AS GOVERNOR

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[+] serious ballot by patch22us
ACTIVE Jul 03,2009 - Sun Aug 02, 09

From CNN:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday that she will step down as Alaska's chief executive by the end of the month. She will not seek election to a second gubernatorial term in 2010.

"People who know me know that besides faith and family, nothing's more important to me than our beloved Alaska," Palin said at an announcement from her home in Wasilla. "Serving her people is the greatest honor I could imagine."

Palin, a Republican, was elected governor in 2006. She was tapped as Arizona Sen. John McCain's vice presidential running mate last year.

Palin said she was transferring authority to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, who will be sworn in at the Governor's Picnic on July 26.

Palin added in a statement that she was "determined to take the right path for Alaska even though it is not the easiest path. ... Once I decided not to run for re-election, I also felt that to embrace the conventional lame duck status in this particular climate would just be another dose of politics as usual, something I campaigned against and will always oppose."

A Republican source close to her political team told CNN's John King that it was a "calculation" she made that "it was time to move on." The governor's "book deal and other issues" were "causing a lot of friction" in her home state, the source said, adding that he believes she is "mapping out a path to 2012."

Another source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Palin "thinks she has accomplished goals she has set forward. ... She sees what a positive influence she has had on people's lives from traveling the country in the last year."

Following Palin's announcement, the Democratic National Committee blasted what it called her "bizarre behavior."

"Either Sarah Palin is leaving the people of Alaska high and dry to pursue her long shot national political ambitions or she simply can't handle the job now that her popularity has dimmed and oil revenues are down," DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse said.

"Either way, her decision to abandon her post and the people of Alaska who elected her continues a pattern of bizarre behavior that more than anything else may explain the decision she made today."

Republican strategist and CNN contributor Ed Rollins said, to a certain extent, Palin's announcement makes her look "terribly inept."

"I think everyone is shocked by this, and I think to a certain extent everyone is going to assume there's another story. You don't just quit with a year and a half to go. You certainly don't do this as a stepping stone to run for president. You finish the job that you're in, and obviously she's not doing that," he said.

"I think people are going to be very suspicious because of the timing. You don't quit on the Friday of a three-day holiday. If you are going to do this, you think it through, you give a good speech," Rollins said.

Do you believe her reasons? Why is she stepping down?

So she can watch Russia from her house full time	5
Comment	3
It's part of her plan to be President	3
peanut butter pie peanut butter pie	1
she can make more money	1
Travel to Kenya where Obama was secretly was born	1
This is good news... for Tina Fey	0

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COMMENTS:
Voted : So she can watch Russia from her house full time
I hope it's to retire and be with her family.

by skylab on Fri Jul 03, 09 5:00pm [+]

Voted : Comment
I wouldn't believe her if she walked in my front door sopping wet, saying that it was raining outside. Her mishandlers have the agenda set to put her up as a candidate in '12. It'll be fun to watch the circus.

by Truthseeker013 on Sat Jul 04, 09 4:16am [+]

Voted : So she can watch Russia from her house full time
she has always been a fruitcake.

boy 2012 republican field is getting narrower and narrower.

is this the final nail on the coffin of the republican party?

nah, they will come back out of that coffin like any other zombies. :)

by LCD on Sun Jul 05, 09 10:33pm [+]

by UncleRandy on Mon Jul 06, 09 5:32pm [+]

Voted : she can make more money
The Governorship was interfering with her ability to concentrate on her book deals, the talk circuit, a possible run for President, and she needed to be able to get down in the lower 48 to maintain her "15 minutes" of "fame" and clock those dollars while she's "hot"...

by thesoothsayer on Wed Jul 08, 09 8:26am [+]

by SiouXLea on Wed Jul 15, 09 11:24am [+]