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Gov. Sarah Palin to resign her office — Updated: — ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office in a few weeks, she said during a news conference at her Wasilla home Friday morning. — Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will be inaugurated at the Governor's Picnic at Pionner Park …
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CNN:
Palin won't run for re-election in Alaska, source says — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is expected to announce Friday that she will not seek a second term, a Republican source close to Palin tells CNN. — Palin has scheduled a 3 p.m. ET news conference at her home in Wasilla.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Kristol: A Contrarian Take — If Palin wants to run in 2012, why not do exactly what she announced today? It's an enormous gamble - but it could be a shrewd one. — After all, she's freeing herself from the duties of the governorship. Now she can do her book, give speeches …
Michelle Malkin:
But I'm doing what's best for Alaska" — Lots of heavy media anticipation over a Sarah Palin announcement expected any minute from Wasilla. — Here's CBS: … Feel free to speculate. — Allahpundit has a developing round-up; multiple sources reporting that Palin will say she's not going to run for governor again in 2010.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Palin to resign within weeks? Update: Is her career over? — No word as to why but Stephanopoulos has a hunch. If it's related to her plans for next year, which way should Palinistas be rooting? Presumably they hope she's not running for reelection so that she can devote herself full …
Paul Volpe / The Fix:
Palin To Resign, Focus on Presidential Run — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is looking to build a national political operation in advance of 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Miller, File) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office later this month, according to several sources familiar with her decision …
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Mitchell L. Blumenthal / The Caucus:
Palin to Resign as Governor of Alaska — Update | 5:30 p.m. Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska announced Friday that she would step down by the end of the month and not seek a second term as governor, fueling speculation that she is seriously weighing whether to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
First Signs What Happened — Okay, we're getting our first indication of what happened. It seems like a colossal sulk on Palin's part, or perhaps better to say an effort on her part to ingeniously combine anti-liberal media bias agitation with Christianist politics by portraying herself as having been crucified by the liberal media.
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
A Letter to Sarah — You're blowing it. — We haven't met, but you might remember I was one of the first columnists to tout you for John McCain's running mate. I cheered you mightily when Senator McCain selected you, and I still believe that you were the smartest choice he could have made given the obstacles before him.
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
EXCLUSIVE: PALIN RESIGNATION ‘DAMAGE CONTROL’ FOR COMING ‘ICEBERG SCANDAL’ ... MORE DETAILS: EMBEZZLEMENT INDICTMENTS COMING? — [See update below for exclusive source details from Alaska...FURTHER UPDATE now included: ‘Embezzlement’ scandal, federal indictments said in offing. See multiple updates below...]
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Versha Sharma / Talking Points Memo:
Full Text Of Palin's Resignation Speech — The Governor's website posted this transcript on Friday, July 3.
msnbc.com:
Palin to resign as Alaska governor — Former vice presidential hopeful says she won't finish out first term — WASILLA, Alaska - Sarah Palin announced Friday she plans to resign as governor of Alaska in a few weeks, saying she will try to “affect positive change” from outside government.
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Kimberly Krautter / The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin — What a Schmuck — Sarah Palin has announced her abdication of the Governorship of Alaska. If I were a citizen of Alaska, and especially if I had voted for her, I'd be pissed off. — Who cares if she feels she has checked off her personal laundry list of things to do?
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Mother Palin — Who knows all the reasons — Todd and Sarah Palin, presumably fully understand. Listening to her, it seems like this is a combination of stepping back and moving forward. Stepping back, because it's way too overwhelming to be Sarah Palin, political phenom, Sarah Palin …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:PALIN TO RESIGN.... Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) decided to shake …
CNN:DNC reacts: Palin decision ‘continues a pattern of bizarre behavior’
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Gateway Pundit:BREAKING: SARAH PALIN RESIGNS! (Video)
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CNN:Palin stepping down as governor by end of July, not seeking re-election
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The Anchoress:Palin's announcement w/ Updates!
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Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog:The world awaits (and speculates about) Palin announcement
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Paul Krugman:
Secrets of the WSJ — This morning's Wall Street Journal opinion section contains a lot of what one expects to see. There's an opinion piece making a big fuss over the fake scandal at the EPA. There's an editorial claiming that the latest job figures prove the failure of Obama's economic plan — something I dealt with in the Times.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Miniseries Ends — I guessed right, which I suppose reflects just how much time I've spent trying to figure what goes on in her head. I think the simple truth is that, as even Alaskan Republicans told us last September, she was far from able to be governor of Alaska, let alone vice-president of the United States.
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