Governor Sarah Palin to resign

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Story Published: Jul 3, 2009 at 3:54 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 4, 2009 at 2:15 PM EDT

WASILLA, AK - (AP) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's announcement that she's stepping down has taken her party, advisers and even her
own spokesman by surprise.

Palin scraped together a news conference at her home in Wasilla
Friday, saying she had decided against running for re-election
and is planning to leave office July 26, a year and a-half before
her term ends.

The former vice presidential hopeful says ``many just accept that lame duck status'' and ``kind of milk it.'' She says she's ``not going to put Alaskans through that.'' The announcement touched off a flurry of perplexed messages between former members of Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign team.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she's ``deeply disappointed that
the governor has decided to abandon the state and her constituents.''

Palin's political action committee says it saw an uptick in contributions Friday afternoon.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 


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Friday, Jul 3 at 4:57 PM Dale wrote ...

I wish her and her family the very best in whatever she decides to do. No, she's not as refined as some would have liked but she was OK in my book. I voted for her and would do so again.

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Friday, Jul 3 at 4:36 PM Jeff Rucker wrote ...

Sorry to hear this. I bet she has a good reason, and I look forward to hearing more about her future plans.

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Friday, Jul 3 at 4:31 PM bls wrote ...

wow some good news!!!!

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