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Saturday, July 4, 2009 12:00 AM

What was Sarah Palin thinking?

No one knows why the governor's resigning, or what she'll do next -- but her base likes the move
Alex Koppelman

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  • Saturday, July 4, 2009 11:51 AM

    @ JamesLeask

    While I do agree that its plausible that she thought this was a good idea in prep for a '12 run, I think she'd never make it out of the primaries. Too easy for opponents to run commercials showing clips of her resigning due to negative press, calling her out for shirking her responsibilities and asking if the country could afford to have her resign inexplicably if she were president. Ya, her base likes her, but there's a lot more than base needed to win.

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