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1) You are not quitting when you have been elected to higher office. So if a Governor gets elected Pres, then leaving the Governorship is a given and is not quitting.

2) Leaving the office in the run up to an election is also not quitting. If I am a Governor who is running for President, then it is ok for them to leave office, within reason. If I leave the Governorship 4 years before a general election so I can run for President, then that is stretching the bounds of reason.

Palin did neither. She did not quit because she wanted to run for President, she quit because the other side was playing dirty. She also quit 4 years before the next presidential election, which is way too soon for any presidential run.

She only had a year or two left on her term. Why not just ride it out and say she is not running for reelection? It would not have effected her run for the Presidency at all.

She quit because she couldn't take the heat and she could make much more money doing what she is doing now.

JM

“Leaving the office in the run up to an election is also not quitting. If I am a Governor who is running for President, then it is ok for them to leave office, within reason. If I leave the Governorship 4 years before a general election so I can run for President, then that is stretching the bounds of reason.”

That’s incorrect. The unofficial campaigns have already started...see Mitt’s organization, reference Palin’s multitude of speeches regarding national issues.

“She only had a year or two left on her term. Why not just ride it out and say she is not running for reelection? It would not have effected her run for the Presidency at all.”

You’re showing your lack of political knowledge here. It’s really an ignorant comment.

-"She only had a year or two left on her term. Why not just ride it out and say she is not running for reelection? It would not have effected her run for the Presidency at all."

No offense, but I'm glad you're not her political advisor.