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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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First on the Ticker: Palin will not run for re-election — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is expected to announce Friday that she will not seek a second term, three sources tell CNN. — Palin has scheduled a 3 p.m. ET news conference at her home in Wasilla.
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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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.
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.
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.
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?
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Lisa Demer / Anchorage Daily News:
Health director says she was forced out — Wooley's boss says her ‘personal values’ didn' — One of the state's top public health officials says she was forced out of office because Gov. Sarah Palin felt she wasn't in step on social issues. — Beverly Wooley, who has worked more than 20 years …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
PALIN TO RESIGN.... Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) decided to shake up an otherwise slow news day with an astounding announcement: not only has she decided to skip a re-election campaign next year, she's also resigning from office altogether later this month. … Palin is making a terrible mistake.
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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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 …
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:EXCLUSIVE: PALIN RESIGNATION ‘DAMAGE CONTROL’ FOR COMING ‘ICEBERG SCANDAL’
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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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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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Shlomo Shamir / Haaretz:
Report: U.S. to block Iran sanctions at G8 summit — The United States is opposed to enacting a new set of financial sanctions against Iran that are due to be discussed in the G8 summit next week, diplomatic officials in New York reported Friday. — According to officials, sanctions against Iran are expected to top the G8's agenda.
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Court Filing Shows Evidence Cheney Swayed White House Response to CIA Leak — Discussions of CIA Agent Listed in Filing — A document filed in federal court this week by the Justice Department offers new evidence that former vice president Richard B. Cheney helped steer …
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