Alaska Political Blogwire

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• The danger of saying nothing

  —Andrew Halcro

  

  July 3, 2009: As the shock of Governor Sarah Palin's resignation ripples through Alaska and across the world, there is a dangerous dynamic at play.

  By not offering the public a clear and concise reason why she is abruptly stepping aside with sixteen months to go [...]

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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 4:35pm EDT
  

• Senator Begich on Palin's resignation.

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 24
  U.S. Senator Mark Begich released the following statement today after Governor Sarah Palin’s announcement that she is resigning:
  
  “I’m as surprised as all Alaskans by Governor Palin’s decision to step down with nearly two years left in her term. There was speculation she would not seek re-election, but she [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 2:57pm EDT
  by Gryphen

• Saradise Lost - Book 3 - Chapter 3 -- Palin Talks About Leaving Office with John Ziegler

  —Progressive Alaska

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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 2:41pm EDT
  

• Palin's Loyalty to Alaska Forces Resignation - Tea Leaf Time

  —What Do I know?

  [Cut to the chase: looking at this press release, sentence by sentence, I get one message: " Something bad is going down and I'm quitting so it doesn't hurt Alaska."]
  
  A friend called me to ask what I knew.
  
  S: About what?
  KS: About [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
  

• The folding

  —The Ptarmigan Nest

  

  Goodbye.

  Great Grey, you can remove that Nope thingy now I think anyone who believes she stands a chance in 2012 is dreaming; I have doubts it is the reason. But then, I will leave that to the Alaskans.

  [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 12:14pm EDT
  by yoh-there

• Saradise Lost - Book 3 - Chapter 2 -- First Thoughts on The Resignation Announcement

  —Progressive Alaska

  At a news conference, held in front of the windows in her home that look exactly like some of the windows in the Wasilla Sports Complex (Palin's most dubious achievement as Wasilla mayor), Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced she will be resigning her duties in two [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 11:52am EDT
  

• Sarah Palin to Resign from Governorship

  —Independent Alaskans

  Number of comments: 0
  I’m breaking my own rule because I have decided to write about Sarah Palin for the first time. Governor Palin has announced that she will resign from the governorship in a few weeks. This will leave Lt. Governor Sean Parnell in charge of Alaska. Craig Campbell, head of the state [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 10:37am EDT
  by Erick Cordero Giorgana

• Don’t Cry For Me, Dr. Suzuki

  —Own the Sidewalk

  This morning our good pal Gov. Sarah Palin shocked the heck out of everyone by announcing she’ll step down in a few weeks. Her reasoning goes, in part:
  Once I decided not to run for re-election, I also felt that to embrace the conventional “Lame Duck” status in this [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 10:22am EDT
  

• Palin Resigns: Exit stage right

  —Andrew Halcro

  

            

                            Goodbye Governor!

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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 10:00am EDT
  

• Palin Resigns, Writing Raven stuck on Ferry.

  —Alaska Real

  This special edition brought to you by Writing Ravens mom, as Writing Raven really is stuck on the ferry in Southeast Alaska. She got the shocking news before us and as usual she called and told us to turn on the tv. I managed to see the breaking news live [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:53am EDT
  

• BREAKING NEWS...CONFIRMED...GOVERNOR PALIN RESIGNING!!!!

  —Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis

  
  
  ...IN TWO WEEKS!

  More to come...

  **********************************UPDATE*****************************

  I keep getting calls asking why I think this is happening...mainly, do I think that the emails are the reason.

  Actually, I think the biggest reason she did this is because of something looming on the horizon, possibly in the next few weeks...the next poll [...]

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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:33am EDT
  

• Palin resigning

  —Kodiak Konfidential

  CNN, MSNBC, KTUU reporting she is. Cites family as most important. [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:26am EDT
  

• HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, ALASKA! PALIN STEPPING DOWN AT THE END OF JULY

  —SHANNYN MOORE: JUST A GIRL FROM HOMER

  Number of comments: 20
  After Sarah Palin’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week she has announced she will be stepping down in a few weeks. In a press conference called minutes ago, Alaska’s Governor Sarah Palin has announced she will not run for re-election and is stepping down as governor. She had a brief [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:24am EDT
  by shannynmoore

• Saradise Lost - Book 3 - Chapter 1- Palin Announces Resignation

  —Progressive Alaska

  At a closed news conference at her home in Wasilla, at 11:00 a.m. Alaska time, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced that she will be resigning her duties as Governor of Alaska. More as details emerge. [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:22am EDT
  

• Sarah Palin resigns!

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 177
  This is breaking news!
  
  Sarah Palin just announced that she is resigning and that Lt. Governor Sean Parnell will take over the job of Governor!
  
  I will update this post as more information comes in.
  
  Update: Apparently this is effective in about two weeks.
  
  Update2: MSNBC [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:17am EDT
  by Gryphen

• No second term for Barracuda?

  —Kodiak Konfidential

  It's on Fox and CNN right now....Let the speculation begin as to what her plans are from here on out:A run against Don Young for Alaska's lone House Seat?A run against Lisa Murkowski for one of Alaska's U.S. Senate Seats?A (snicker) run for the Republitard nomination for U.S. President? [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:15am EDT
  

• 'Palin will make an announcement ...'

  —Alaska Politics

  Gov. Sarah Palin says she will resign in a few weeks. Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will take over in late July.

  Wow. So ... is this the end of her announcements this weekend or will we hear something on July 4?

  From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage --

  Woke up to a cryptic e-mail [...]

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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 8:04am EDT
  by Alaska_Politics

• Bad news gang! This Palin apologist has figured out why we all keep going after Sarah Palin. Yep the jig is up.

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 15
  On any given day, like the regularity of the Sun rising or setting, you can expect Maureen Dowd of The New York Times to hurl even more insults at a woman she has relentlessly assailed for almost a year. Why? If -- as Dowd and other attackers on the left [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 6:38am EDT
  by Gryphen

• Creation Museum in Kentucky receives tour group of puzzled paleontologists. Ruh Roh!

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 15
  Tamaki Sato was confused by the dinosaur exhibit. The placards described the various dinosaurs as originating from different geological periods — the stegosaurus from the Upper Jurassic, the heterodontosaurus from the Lower Jurassic, the velociraptor from the Upper Cretaceous — yet in each case, the date of demise was the [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 4:04am EDT
  by Gryphen

• Look what you did!!!! Plus, responding to more obfuscation from the Office of the Gov.

  —Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis

  
  
  

  First, let's gaze upon the fruits of ALL of your labor!!!!  On one hand, it made me feel REALLY good to see those numbers in writing!  I felt so proud of YOU FOLKS for doing this...it sure wasn't me!  

  And I admit it, I felt a tad bit' [...]

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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 11:37pm EDT