Palin resigns as governor of Alaska

[cured]

The big problem for Palin is she isn't going to be starting her campaign against Barack Obama...she'll be starting it against the likes of Gingrich and Romney and Huckabee, who will have no problem tearing her to shreds.

If she manages to get through that, Obama will shred her like he did McCain in the debates, as planned as they are.

Another theory I read was the McCain camp essentially asked her to get out of the spotlight or they'd blow the whistle on her activities as a running mate. That's doubtful, though.

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the big problem for palin is palin, and always will be.

[cacophony]

Originally Posted by Sean

Very interesting interview, Cured. Thanks for linking it.

And a new poll has just come out showing that Palin's resignation has had no negative impact on the Republican view of her - in fact, she's gotten a little bump in polls since then. It's not surprising, but it's still an interesting phenomenon to me that so many people are so willing to ignore glaring faults like this. I really don't understand it. I guess a certain portion can be written off to ignorance, but a large percentage seems to involve willful compromising of values and standards just to pull for someone who's on the same team, no matter how flawed they are.

it's in direct opposition of other issues-based polls that support actions like withdrawal from iraq, which she was deadset against, and obama's high approval rating.

so on the one hand you've got people answering one way on issues, but on the other hand a portion of those people are still supporting palin, who runs counter to those opinions.

it speaks volumes about the confusion of the party.

[cacophony]

interesting poll discussed in this link i got off of fivethirtyeight.com

link

So what explains the large gap for many between identifying with Palin’s values and supporting her as a candidate? Part of the explanation certainly has to be her many now-famous stumbles, public gaffes, and lack of knowledge about key policies. But there is another important explanation. There is mounting evidence that the American electorate is turning away from so-called “values voter” wedge politics that Palin represented (recall that Palin launched her career by using an anti-abortion rights hit piece against her opponent in the Wasilla mayoral race, an historically non-partisan position).

In our post-election survey, an overwhelming majority (73%) of American voters agreed that “people of faith should advocate for policies that protect the interests of all and promote the common good” compared to only 22% who preferred pursuing “policies that protect their values and way of life.” By a nearly 2-to-1 margin, those favoring a common good politics said Palin’s addition made them less likely to support the GOP ticket (27% less likely vs. 15% more likely).

[Troy McClure]

I've been following the comedic stylings of Governor Palin's Twitter postings: http://twitter.com/AKGovSarahPalin

There was this gem last night:

http://twitter.com/AKGovSarahPalin/status/2564447454 :
'Anxious for Fairbanks radio visit tomorrow re: 2nd Amendment! We have rockin' surprise guest. Candidly, I love radio vs some newspapers bc..'

http://twitter.com/AKGovSarahPalin/status/2564482115
'...."Most newspapermen by definition have to be liberal; if they're not, by my definition, they can hardly be good newspapermen" W. Cronkite'

No idea why she posted that quote which just happens to be from the June 1973 issue of Playboy....http://www.stinque.com/2009/07/10/si...palins-tweets/

It's also taken completely out of context...no surprise there though.

Jason

[kagenaki koe]

Crazy Johnny Mac talks about how Palin's quitting is Leadership:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_230178.html

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

And everyone's *just started* scratching their heads?

That speaks loads in itself.

[IsiliRunite]

Does anyone else believe she isn't taking politics as seriously as she could?

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Ha! chuckle, chuckle. Considering what current politics look like, yes, I do.

[Deckard]

I'm sure several of you have already picked up on it, but I think it's worth repeating - from former Republican speechwriter Peggy Noonan:

In television interviews she was out of her depth in a shallow pool. She was limited in her ability to explain and defend her positions, and sometimes in knowing them. She couldn't say what she read because she didn't read anything. She was utterly unconcerned by all this and seemed in fact rather proud of it: It was evidence of her authenticity. She experienced criticism as both partisan and cruel because she could see no truth in any of it. She wasn't thoughtful enough to know she wasn't thoughtful enough. Her presentation up to the end has been scattered, illogical, manipulative and self-referential to the point of self-reverence. "I'm not wired that way," "I'm not a quitter," "I'm standing up for our values." I'm, I'm, I'm.

It continues magnificently here.

(edit - this is post-resignation, from a couple of days ago)