But quiting on your first term of governor isn't the way to go into the big show.
I don't wear blinders, and ask yourself how you would react if this was anyone other than Palin.
There is more to this, but I fear it isn't the pie in the sky hopes of many here.
I think you are mixing two different ideas. If you think Sarah quiting her first term will hurt her politicaly, fine.
If you think Sarah is quitting because she is tired of politics or there is some hidden scandal and her political career is over, then you haven't heard her full comments that she made today.
I believe she is keen on running in 2012 and I believe she thinks that today's decision will free her up to pursue that goal.
I wasn't a big Palin supporter before today. I liked her, but I generally agreed with the advice she was getting from the Krauthammer's and Goldberg's of the world. I was actually losing faith in her before today.
I had no blinders on... my first reaction was very negative. I just thought it through and reached another conclusion... one that made me see her in an entirely new light. I think this was a brilliant, very calculated, game-changing gambit.
Any one other than Palin ? Name me one other person who overnight bonded the conservatives together like Sarah did.
Would McLame have been better off picking a different running mate ?? Comparing Palin to "anyone else" in the GOP right now is a losing prop. We have some other hopefuls out there, but Sarah is pretty close to proven.