{"id":2463,"date":"2009-07-03T16:41:31","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T20:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2009-07-03T22:00:58","modified_gmt":"2009-07-04T02:00:58","slug":"breaking-sarah-palin-resigning-as-governor-of-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/03\/breaking-sarah-palin-resigning-as-governor-of-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Sarah Palin Resigning as Governor of Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alaska Governor Sarah Palin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/newsOne\/idUSTRE5624MB20090703\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> today that <span>she will resign from office July 26. <\/span>Palin made the announcement from her home in Wasilla, she was flanked by her       husband, Todd, her family and state commissioners. Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will succeed her.<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"339\" width=\"425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/22425001\/vp\/31727178#31727178\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\">Breaking News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\">World News<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\">News about the Economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wow, this is a bit of a shocker&#8230; The only question is where does she go from here? I tend to agree with <a href=\"http:\/\/campaignspot.nationalreview.com\/post\/?q=OTU2YmZhNzQ1OWJkOTA4NTRmM2I3M2U3ZWQxOWZjODU=\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Geraghty<\/a>, her national political career is over. You can&#8217;t resign from a governorship you&#8217;ve held for roughly 30 months and then run for President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: The Wall Street Journal has the full text of her remarks <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/washwire\/2009\/07\/03\/palin-announces-her-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update II<\/strong> (5:45 p.m.): MSNBC&#8217;s Andrea Mitchell claims sources close to Gov. Palin have told her that Palin&#8217;s &#8220;had it&#8221; with national politics and told her top backers to go ahead and commit to other candidates for 2012. Real Clear Politics has the video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2009\/07\/03\/andrea_mitchell_sources_say_palin_has_had_it_with_politics.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Given the source I&#8217;m taking that report with a grain of salt&#8230; To be honest, though, it wouldn&#8217;t surprise me in the least if Mitchell&#8217;s report turns out to true. Sarah Palin has been beaten senseless by the media and her family has been dragged through the mud. Why would any sane person want to subject herself and her family to the kind treatment Palin has endured?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update III<\/strong> (9:35 p.m.): I&#8217;ve been without power for the last three hours so I&#8217;m playing catch up here&#8230; First, Mike Allen at the Politico is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0709\/24501.html\" target=\"_blank\">reporting<\/a> that Palin plans to remain &#8220;extremely visible and will give serious consideration to running for president in 2012.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Second, Ed Morrissey at Hot Air <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2009\/07\/03\/audio-did-palin-hint-at-quitting-last-month-plus-a-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\">points out an interview<\/a> Palin did with John Ziegler last month and wonders if Gov. Palin hinted at quitting last month?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure what to make of Gov. Palin&#8217;s decision, my gut feeling is she&#8217;s done with elective politics. I suspect she&#8217;ll remain an active and visible champion for conservative principle through speaking engagements and by campaigning for other candidates but I doubt she&#8217;ll ever run for office again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced today that she will resign from office July 26. Palin made the announcement from her home in Wasilla, she was flanked by her husband, Todd, her family and state commissioners. Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will succeed her. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Wow, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[474,7],"tags":[534,748,65,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-2463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-2010-elections","9":"tag-2012-elections","10":"tag-alaska","11":"tag-sarah-palin","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-DJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":929,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/03\/alaska-personal-board-clears-plain-of-wrong-doing-in-troopergate\/","url_meta":{"origin":2463,"position":0},"title":"Alaska Personal Board Clears Plain Of Wrong Doing In &#8220;Troopergate&#8221;","author":"Jeff","date":"November 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"New report from the Alaska Personal Board has cleared Governor Sarah Palin in the firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. The report prepared by independent investigator Timothy Petumenos, goes on to say the investigator hired by the Legislature was wrong to conclude that Palin abused her power by allowing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2273,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/30\/upi-dismissed-palin-complaints-rack-up-costs\/","url_meta":{"origin":2463,"position":1},"title":"UPI: Dismissed Palin Complaints Rack up Costs","author":"Jeff","date":"May 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"All those frivolous ethics complaints filed against Alaska Governor Sarah Palin are starting to add up the UPI reports they've cost taxpayer nearly \"a third of a million dollars.\" JUNEAU, Alaska, May 28 (UPI) -- The ethics complaints filed against Alaska Gov. 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She has a proven record as a reformer; she's battled corruption and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2257,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/27\/fec-clears-palin-rnc-on-campaign-clothes\/","url_meta":{"origin":2463,"position":3},"title":"FEC Clears Palin, RNC on Campaign Clothes","author":"Jeff","date":"May 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Remember the media fueled brouhaha about Sarah Palin's campaign wardrobe? Remember how the media and lefty bloggers gleefully reported that those purchases must have somehow been illegal? Umm, well they weren't... The Federal Elections Commission has dismissed a complaint by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) saying the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3702,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/13\/palin-e-mail-hacker-gets-one-year-sentence\/","url_meta":{"origin":2463,"position":4},"title":"Palin E-mail Hacker Gets One-year Sentence","author":"Jeff","date":"November 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"David Kernell the 20 year old college student who was convicted of breaking into Sarah Palin's private e-mail account during\u00a0 the 2008 Presidential campaign has been sentenced to one year in prison: The former college student who guessed his way into Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account during the 2008 U.S.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Crime&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Crime","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/crime\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1173,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/22\/sarah-palin-conservative-of-the-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":2463,"position":5},"title":"Sarah Palin: Conservative of the Year","author":"Jeff","date":"December 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Human Events has named former Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Plain \"Conservative of the Year. 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