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Palin, McCain running mate resigns as Alaska governor
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from
office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican
party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in
2012.
Palin, 45, and her staff kept her future plans shrouded in mystery, and it was
unclear if the controversial hockey mom would quietly return to private life or
begin laying the foundation for a presidential bid.
Palin's spokesman, David Murrow, said the governor didn't say anything to
him about this being her "political finale." He said he interpreted Palin's
comment about working outside government as reflecting her current job only.
"She's looking forward to serving the public outside the governor's chair," he
said.
And Pam Pryor, a spokeswoman for Palin's political action committee
SarahPAC, said the group continues to accept donations on its Web site, with
an uptick in funds after Palin's announcement.
The announcement caught even current and former Palin advisers by
surprise. Former members of the John McCain campaign team, now
dispersed across the country, traded perplexed e-mails and phone calls.
But personal pressures have been mounting — scrutiny on her family, legal
bills, ethics investigations and a running, public fued with McCain's camp that
has flared up again.
In a hastily arranged news conference at her home in suburban Wasilla, Palin
said she will formally step down July 26, and Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will be
inaugurated at the governor's picnic in Fairbanks. She said she had decided
against running for re-election as Alaska's governor, and believed it was best
to leave office even though she had two years left to her term.