Timothy McNulty| July 3, 2009
From Politico, Dems say today's announcement is part of "a pattern of bizarre behavior" by the Alaska guv:
After the press conference, Palin asked supporters to "stay tuned"
via Twitter. "We'll soon attach info on this decision to not seek
re-election."
Palin has been dogged by a series of ethical complaints, many of
which her allies consider as frivolous, and has had to set up a legal
defense fund to pay her bills. 
Just this week, the Anchorage Daily News reported that these complaints
against her administration had reached almost $300,000, much of that
sum owing to the so-called "Troopergate" probe of Palin.
. . . But the decision to suddenly quit her post will also reinforce some
of the very questions about Palin that were raised in the lengthy
Vanity Fair story this week - whether she's overly erratic and prone to
ignore her own political advisers.
Two of own GOP allies were told this week that Palin would announce
that she was definitely not running for re-election, but the move to
outright leave office has caught many of her supporters by surprise.
Democrats, delighted at yet another opportunity to hammer prominent
Republican office-holders, accused Palin of quitting on her state.
"Either Sarah Palin is leaving the people of Alaska high and dry to
pursue her long shot national political ambitions or she simply can't
handle the job now that her popularity has dimmed and oil revenues are
down," said the DNC's Brad Woodhouse. "Either way - her decision to
abandon her post and the people of Alaska who elected her continues a
pattern of bizarre behavior that more than anything else may explain
the decision she made today."
Palin's office announced Friday morning that she would make an
"announcement' at her home in the afternoon but said nothing more until
the governor stood alongside Parnell and much of her Cabinet.
Posted
Jul 03 2009, 05:22 PM
by
Timothy McNulty