actually i read a whole article about how the only thing she could hope to accomplish as governor through the rest of her term was not be lynched. the entire legislature hates her, she hasn't enacted any sort of comprehensive top-down policy, and is generally a limelight-seeking whore who has no time for alaska. she's facing legislative overrides of several of her vetoes, including the one where she's denying federal unemployment assistance (which, for some reason, is Red State bait), and that nagging Troopergate investigation is still ongoing. so basically she's way more popular in the contiguous 48 than back home, so it was time to cut her losses.
i mean, whatever she does is fine with me. she won't be the nominee in 2012, right? I mean, that would be just crazy, right? RIGHT?
of course, a battle royale between Palin and my own super-square governor, Bobby Jindal would be hilarious to watch for 4 months.