Update (12:50PM) -- "America is looking north to the future." Must be running.
Update (12:45PM) -- Video of Palin's statement just now. We'll post it soon, but the birds making noises over her announcement are hilarious. And her claim that she's "not dropping the ball" is just as funny. The decision, she says, "has been in the works for awhile." For a while? She hasn't even been governor for awhile! Eight months ago, she thought she was the next Vice President of the U.S.
And she sure sounds like she's running for President. Which must mean she's a moron.
Update (12:43PM) -- There's also a discussion going on in RandySF's recommended diary.
Update (12:40PM) -- A Fox anchor's take:
She's quitting as a one-term governor who is very young and has been ridiculed by some as just not ready for prime time.
Only one thing to add to that. One-term is too generous. She's quitting as a one-half term governor. And she's quitting after less than a year on the national stage.
Unless she's a total moron, there's no way she's running for president. Then again, maybe she is a total moron.
Original post: Sarah Palin is stepping down as governor at the end of July, after just 30 months on the job. KTUU Alaska:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office in a few weeks, she said during a news conference at her Wasilla home Friday morning.
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will be inaugurated at the Governor's Picnic at Pionner Park in Fairbanks on Saturday, July 25, Palin said.
There was no immediate word as to why she will resign, though speculation has been rampant that the former vice presidential candidate is gearing up for a run at the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
