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4:25 PM ET, July 4, 2009

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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

It Always Has Been About Trig — I waited a whole day before posting about the Sarah Palin resignation. Well, not a whole day, but longer than almost everyone else in the blogosphere. Here's my take as of this moment in time, subject to change: — I don't know why Sarah Palin resigned …

Discussion: Conservative Political Report, Piece of Work In Progress, Riehl World View, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Polimom, Too, theblogprof, KN@PPSTER, Confederate Yankee, The Gun Toting Liberal and bastard.logic

Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:

More on Palin — I spoke to a few friends in Alaskan Republican politics yesterday. None of them had a clue that Palin was going to resign her office, and none has any idea what her motivation might be in doing so. It was widely assumed in Alaska that Palin wouldn't run for a second term.

Discussion: Associated Press

CBS News:

Palin A “Shooting Star Crashing To Earth”? — GOP Strategist Ed Rollins Says Her Resignation Hurts Any 2012 White House Run She Might Be Mulling — (CBS) If Sarah Palin thinks quitting the Alaskan statehouse is going to help a 2012 presidential campaign which some pundits speculate she's mulling …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Bruce Reed / Slate:

In Sarah Palin's GOP, the leaders keep quitting and the troubles don't. — “It may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down [and] plod along,” Sarah Palin said Friday, in an attempt to suggest that serving her full term as governor would add to the nation's apathy.

Discussion: Ezra Klein, Washington Monthly, AndrewHalcro.com, The Atlantic Politics Channel and msnbc.com

The Daily Beast:

Did a Scandal Sink the U.S.S. Palin? — Blogs and Stories — The suddenness of Sarah Palin's resignation raises questions about whether a coming scandal caused her to leave office. Max Blumenthal looks at one possibility. — Plus: Read more of The Daily Beast's coverage of Palin's resignation and the GOP implosion.

Phoebe Connelly / American Prospect:

SARAH PALIN INSISTS YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE INTERNET ON HOLIDAY. — Never a slow news day with these Republicans. — Couple of quick hits — it's worth re-reading Ann and Tim's initial reactions to the arrival of Sarah Palin on the national political scene as McCain's VP. (Shorter Tim: it's a gimmick.

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Talking Points Memo

Fox News:

Options Abound for Palin After Alaska Governorship — Sarah Palin, 45, will have a variety of platforms to pursue her goals, from writing books to hitting the speaker's circuit to working with the Republican Party to get candidates elected. — FOXNews.com — What will Sarah Palin do after she quits as Alaska's governor?

Discussion: Midwest Voices, NY Daily News and NewsMax.com

Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
A few additional and hopefully final thoughts on Sarah Palin

Discussion: Macsmind, The New Ledger, Whiskey Fire, Washington Wire, Obama Foodorama, Sadly, No!, Lawyers, Guns and Money and Balloon Juice

Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14 Palin Theories

Discussion: The American Scene and Pajamas Media

New York Times:
Palin's Move Shocks G.O.P. and Leaves Future Unclear

Discussion: WTOP.com, The Caucus, Erick's blog, Taegan Goddard's …, Big Brass Blog, Washington Monthly, TPMCafe, The Page, The Huffington Post, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and AmSpecBlog

Rachel Sklar / The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin, You Owe The Media An Apology

Discussion: The American Scene, No Sheeples Here!, Open Left, And So it Goes in Shreveport, Guardian, American Street, The Other McCain, News Desk, Pajamas Media and Outside The Beltway

Matthew Cooper / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Three Theories of Palin's Resignation

Discussion: ProfessorBainbridge.com

The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin Resignation Speech: FULL VIDEO, TEXT

Discussion: PoliBlog, marbury, Politics Daily, Gateway Pundit, Open Left, Raw Story, The Confluence and The Huffington Post

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Surreality Only Beginning — As David noted below …

Discussion: Jezebel, Wizbang, The Reaction, The Huffington Post, Newshoggers.com, The Huffington Post, NO QUARTER and No More Mister Nice Blog

Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Did an embezzlement scandal force Sarah Palin to resign?

Discussion: KN@PPSTER, BitsBlog, Never Yet Melted, Palin's Deceptions, The Reaction, Donklephant, The Mudflats, Taylor Marsh, Atlantic Correspondents, American Thinker, Comments from Left Field and Firedoglake

Erik Sean Nelson / The Huffington Post:
Palin Will Run In '12 On More Retardation Platform

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Doug Ross, Hot Air, The Confluence, Pajamas Media, Sweetness & Light, Pundit & Pundette, JammieWearingFool, Blogs and Stories and Dr. Melissa Clouthier

Los Angeles Times:
Sarah Palin's exit as Alaska governor stuns, puzzles observers

Discussion: Megan McArdle, The Swamp and Washington Post

Rachel D'Oro / Associated Press:
Palin resigning as Alaska governor on July 26

Discussion: Daily Pundit, Paco Enterprises, RealClearPolitics Video Log, Conservatives4Palin.com, Hot Air, The New Ledger, Associated Press, Gawker and Classical Values

Randy Barnett / The Volokh Conspiracy:

July 5th Oration by Frederick Douglass: Tomorrow I am hoping to attend a recreation of Frederick Douglass's Independence Day oration at his home in Anacostia, DC. … Today, historian Jonathan Bean has a nice essay on National Review Online entitled, The Party of Lincoln, and of Douglass …

Discussion: Sentencing Law and Policy and Opinio Juris

Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama summons spirit of independence

Discussion: Macsmind, The Politico and Villainous Company

WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
WEEKLY ADDRESS: President Obama Celebrates Independence Day and the American Spirit

Discussion: Obama Foodorama, Daily Kos, Think Progress and Cato @ Liberty

Mark Steyn / The Corner:

Cutting bait — With respect to many of the Palinologists below, I think they're getting way too hepatomantic over the entrails. As a political move for anything other than the 2010 Senate race, today's announcement is a disaster. And I'm not sure it's a plus for the Senate - and …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Flopping Aces, Cold Fury, BizzyBlog and Power Line

Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:

Advocacy Groups Should Halt Attacks on Moderate Democrats, Obama Says — Advocates Should Turn Attention to Promoting Legislation, President Says — President Obama, strategizing yesterday with congressional leaders about health-care reform, complained that liberal advocacy groups ought …

Discussion: Campaign Silo, Hullabaloo, DownWithTyranny!, Corrente, D-Day, The New Republic, The Rhetorican and TPMDC

Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:

‘Family Friendly’ White House Is Less So for Aides — WASHINGTON — When President Obama talks up the family-friendly vibe at the White House — the nightly family dinners, the flexibility to attend school presentations and join impromptu plunges in the pool with his girls — his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, sets him straight.

Discussion: Weekly Standard and Writes Like She Talks

BBC:

Honduran court defiant on Zelaya — Supporters of Manuel Zelaya continue to demonstrate in Tegulcigalpa — The Supreme Court of Honduras has rejected a demand by the Organization of American States to reinstate the ousted President, Manuel Zelaya. — OAS chief Miguel Insulza was told …

Discussion: Fausta's Blog, Honduras Abandoned, Jason Poblete, Patterico's Pontifications and Truthdig

Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times:
Tensions mount as Honduras defies OAS

Discussion: Not Tucker Carlson and A Gut Reaction

Victoria Gill / BBC:

How honeybee mobs smother giant hornets to death — Honeybees mount a very effective mobbing defence — Honeybee hordes use two weapons - heat and carbon dioxide - to kill their natural enemies, giant hornets. — Japanese honeybees form “bee balls” - mobbing and smothering the predators.

Associated Press:

Gay sailor's family blames military after his death — They say the government did little after Houstonian complained of harassment — BEAUMONT — Relatives of a slain sailor are calling the 29-year-old's death a hate crime. — Rose Roy of Beaumont said her nephew, Navy Seaman August Provost III …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, AMERICAblog News, CNN and L.A. Now