Palin’s resignation has people buzzing
The early consensus on Sarah Palin’s resignation as Alaska governor is there’s no consensus. Palin announced Friday she’ll step down July 25, and Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will take over. One view is that Palin is sick of politics, especially the personal attacks on herself and her family since she was picked as John McCain’s running mate last year. Another is that Palin, who would have been up for re-election next year, wants to be free of her official duties in Alaska so she can better establish herself on the national stage for a presidential run in 2012.
The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol is of the latter view, writing that Palin probably figures she’s done all she could do as Alaska’s governor and wants to be able to get around the lower 48, improve her depth on the issues and the like. If so, it’s a gamble, because Republican rivals and Democratic opponents both will call her a quitter for leaving before her term is up. Then again, that’s pretty mild compared to some of the stuff she’s faced from media pundits, late-night comics and others.
One other point. Palin is 45. She could “retire” from politics for a couple of presidential cycles and make a comeback and still be younger than Hillary Clinton was when she sought the presidency in 2008.
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