Well, my faithful readers, I have to interrupt the final installments of the AT adventure to throw up this question concerning the fate of Sarah Palin (in large part because I've been down at Crane Acres in Martinsville for a day or so doing some work for Mom and Dad. And internet access is sporadic--read, "nonexistent at Crane Acres so I have to make occasional trips down to the Martinsville library"--and therefore, not conducive for long-winded expositions on the AT drama).
As you probably are aware, Sarah Palin announced last week that she is resigning as governor of the great state of Alaska. This despite the fact that she still has 18 months left of her first term. It seems that just as she burst on to the national scene a year ago so she is stepping away from it in similar fashion. (Or, is she? That is the question which remains mysteriously unanswered.)
Gov. Palin has cited "a higher calling" as part of the underlying motive for her unexpected departure. In addition, she has suggested that the lightning rod that her public profile has become has negatively affected her state, and thus, the "for the good fo the state" explanation finds some context.
Even though possible reasons are being bandied about over the airwaves and dinner tables around the country, the watching nation is in the dark as to her reasons and next steps. I trust we'll all find out soon enough where her trajectory takes her.
In the meantime, I simply put to you these related questions: What do you think, did she do the right thing by resigning at this time in her term? Moreover, how might it affect her much-talked-about potential campaign for the presidency in 2012?
(I'll be back tomorrow with the latest chapter in the AT adventure. For now, feel free to talk amongst yourselves. :) 
Sarah Palin quit because it is becoming harder for even hard-core fans to ignore the mounting evidence that she faked a pregnancy to cover for her daughter's babies.
Soon the babies' dad will have a book deal, and boy will it be ON then, huh?
Also, there is talk of a federal investigation about mis-use of funds to build the house they live in.
Did she do the right thing by resigning now?
She certainly went about it in a way that is hard to say, "yah, that was right".
How does all of this affect her 2012 bid?
Only if she starts a third party.
The lady is not only dumb, it is becoming clear that she's also basically crazy.
Posted by: Chris Corwin | July 09, 2009 at 04:00 PM