Could it be possible that Palin, knowing she was in over her head, really did resign because she rightly new it was in the best interests of Alaska? Consider this from Geoffrey Dunn
Palin has absolutely zero interest in running the State of Alaska. She steadfastly refused to live in Juneau after her first year there, had the gall to charge the state for residing at her home in Wasilla 600 miles away, and she basically mailed in her performance as the state’s top administrator during Alaska’s most recent legislative session. She has alienated virtually all the key legislators in her own party–that’s right, Republicans–and had failed to move any key legislation forward since her return to Alaska from the national campaign trail last November.
Then there is this from CNN Political Correspondent Paul Begala
I wish Hunter S. Thompson had lived to see this.
As Hunter said, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” Sarah Palin makes Mark Foley, the congressman who sent filthy emails to pages look almost normal. She makes David Vitter, the senator who was hanging out with hookers, look almost boring. She makes Larry Craig, caught hitting on a cop in a men’s room, look almost stable. She makes John Ensign, the senator who was having an affair with a staffer, look almost humdrum (and compared to the rest of the GOP whack-jobs, he is). And she makes Mark Sanford, the governor with the Latin lover, look positively predictable.
It was an almost impossible mission, but in resigning from office with 17 months to go in her first term, Sarah Palin has made herself the bull goose loony of the GOP.
Still, with an $11M book deal what does Palin care what people think of her decision? Regardless, she probably really did do the best thing for Alaska.
Apparently even Todd Palin wasn’t in on the decision. This from Andrew Halco
A day of interviews with some of Palin’s closest allies on various media outlets, including her own brother, showed that they didn’t know about the decision until this morning. Palin’s commissioners had no idea and Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell was told Wednesday night.
In addition, earlier this morning I received an email from a friend who wrote, “I just heard from some of my friends that Todd was in Dillingham fishing and had to quickly abandon his boat and leave other people in charge of the setnet to get back to Sarah, doesn’t sound like a planned resignation.”
