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Sarah Palin has RESIGNED as governor of Alaska

by Albert Milliron | July 3, 2009 at 11:18 am

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Just In Politisite: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will reign at the end of the month Posted on July 3, 2009 by politisite

UPDATE: KTUU TV in Anchorage is saying that Palin will RESIGN As Alaska Governor later this month not only not seek re-election

UPDATE: KTUU-TV in Anchorage reports that Palin not only won't seek re-election, but will resign later this month.

Just In: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will not seek re-election

WASILLA, Alaska - At an 11:00 a.m. press conference today, Governor Sarah Palin announced that she would not seek a second term as governor. The governor continued, saying that by the end of the month she would resign from the governorship.

On a day that most public employees have off, Palin sent out an early morning press release indicating that she would be giving an announcement from her home in Wasilla. Joining Palin were her parents, family and state commissioners.

Palin did not field questions and would not give any indications as to her future plans.

Palin announced that she will transfer power to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell. Parnell will be sworn in during the upcoming governor's picnic in Fairbanks. An emotionally choked-up Parnell said he plans to keep all state commissioners and continue to pursue a natural gas pipeline.

Source: ktva.com

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Confirmed

GOP sources: Palin won't run for re-election
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has told associates that she will not seek re-election next year, freeing her to pursue a White House bid in 2012, according to two GOP sources.

Palin is to make her decision known later this afternoon from her home in Wasilla with her husband, Todd, and family by her side.

By not running for re-election, Palin liberates herself from the political constraints that come with running for president while still in elected office.

Leaving office at the end of next year, the former vice presidential hopeful will be able to travel the country more freely without facing the sort of repeated ethics inquiries she’s been fending off since returning to Alaska earlier this year.

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Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 18:21 on July 3rd, 2009

Sarah Palin is a force to be reckoned with. Don't count her out. She has principles, whether you agree with them or not. I just listened to her complete speech, without teleprompter or notes. As I saw it she talked from the heart.

She quoted General MacArthur who said, We are not retreating, we are advancing in a different direction.

I leave it up to you what that means?

Albert Milliron

at 23:19 on July 3rd, 2009

You have provided a significant point. That is what the PR folks did wrong with here during the campaign. They wanted a scripted Palin which caused her problems. She is an off the cuff intelligent woman who need no teleprompter or speech writer to tell he what to say. She has been demoized for that very reason