Palin resigns:

[jrittenhouse]

Apparently, she’s resigning the governorship at the end of the month (at a picnic?!) and neither she nor the new Lieutenant Governor who will replace her will run in the next Gubernatorial election.   Nothing about 2012 and the national scene.

Comments

[marklafon]

Mayhap she has been hiking the Alaska section of the Appie Trail.

[jrittenhouse]

http://anchorage.craigslist.org/pol/1252785029.html

[kurt_erichsen]

I think she's having an affair with Mark Sanford

[pheltzer]

Actually this is all about 2012. Problem is she's up for re-election in 2010 I believe. If she wins it's really hard to claim she's effectively governing Alaska, while wondering the wastelands of NH and IA campaigning in the primaries. It's easy for someone from the lower 48 to campaign and still hop back to their respective seats of power and govern/legislate whatever. But for her to be a presence back in Juneau requires something along the lines of 20-24 hours of travel time, assuming she flies commercial, each way. You just can't effectively run for President in the current system, and be an Alaskan or Hawaii state level politician.