Palin resigns her post. One can speculate that the state of Alaska will be in better hands when Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell takes over the responsibilities that Palin is abandoning.
Yet, if Palin truly is leaving in order to prepare herself for a 2012 Presidential run, what does it say about her character as a leader? We can surmise that she places her ambitions ahead of following through on a job she was elected to do.
Unless there are family matters she is attending to, which is not something she has stated, or she's too strained from her endeavours, leaving an elected office 17 months early of her term's expiration in December of 2010, while saying she's "doing what’s best for Alaska," means Palin is effectively giving herself a vote of no confidence.
From the NYTimes The Causus blog:
Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska announced Friday that she would step down by the end of the month and not seek a second term as governor, fueling speculation that she is seriously weighing whether to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
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She cost McCain the election, her folkyness, accent and winking do not ring true, her intellect is below par (our vivid memory of the last one who delegates and follows because of their lack of intellect), but lets face it with the right type of marketing (vote folky, vote god) it can be sold to US, history tends to repeat itself. God help us!
You're right. The right circumstances and marketing strategy could put anyone into place. We need to pay attention and make sure something like that doesn't occur again.