[saquin]

If Palin has national ambitions then what better time to start than now?

Again, resigning elected office halfway through your term, suddenly and without good reason, is a HUGE deal. The people elect you to do a job and to suddenly quit that job halfway through is something that's not usually taken lightly. Deciding not to run for re-election next year would have been completely understandable. Resigning abruptly like this? Not so understandable.

[SeekAndFind]

Deciding not to run for re-election next year would have been completely understandable. Resigning abruptly like this? Not so understandable.

Precisely. I would have understood it had she merely announced that she would finish her term and not run for a second term. THAT would have been better. But this .... this is really strange.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Again, resigning elected office halfway through your term, suddenly and without good reason, is a HUGE deal.

A huge deal to whom? I'm not bothered by it as partly because I have no control over it. All I can do is trust Palin's instincts right now.

The people elect you to do a job and to suddenly quit that job halfway through is something that's not usually taken lightly.

She outlined a sufficient reason why she was stepping down, she has a capable Lt Gov, *and* she also left the door open if Parnell needed any assistance. The only people who "care" about this are lefties who want to use it against her and will hate her anyway.

Deciding not to run for re-election next year would have been completely understandable. Resigning abruptly like this? Not so understandable.

Well, there's nothing you and I can do about it. She made a decision so why not let it play out and see what she has up her sleeve?