Alaska's beloved Governor

resigns to pursue

a greater calling

"Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. "
Kahlil Gibran

Palin: Decision to quit talked about for months

July 13, 2009, 5:00 AM ADST, Anchorage, AK, USA

Sunday July 12, 2009 by The Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Gov. Sarah Palin says she is not only staying in politics once she leaves the governor's office later this month, she's jumping right back into the national fray.

Palin told the Washington Times in a Sunday story that she is eager to campaign for Republicans and independents, and even Democrats who share her views on limited government, national defense and energy independence.

Palin says that Americans are so tired of partisan politics that not even her 20-year-old son is a Republican. Like his father, he is registered as "nonpartisan" in Alaska.

Palin announced July 3 that she will leave the governor's office a year and a half before her first term is to end. She tells the Washington Times that she and her family had been thinking about her stepping down for months.

Meanwhile Palin's old running mate, Sen. John McCain, says he doesn't think of Palin as quitting her job as much as changing her priorities.

McCain says that he is confident that Palin, his vice presidential pick during last year's campaign, will remain "a major factor" on the national scene even after she steps down as Alaska's governor.

McCain told NBC's "Meet the Press" that he wasn't shocked by Palin's announcement last week but was "a bit surprised" since she did not tell him about it.

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