Governor No More – Sarah Palin Resigns

July 26, 2009

With Act II Unwritten, Palin Can Define Her Role

Leaving Alaska Post Offers Opportunities on National Stage

By Dan Balz, Washington Post Staff Writer

Sarah Palin brought a tumultuous chapter of her life to a close on Sunday, voluntarily relinquishing power as governor of Alaska after a rise and fall almost unprecedented in modern politics.

She exited office in classic Palin style, with folksy picnics at which she bade farewell to her constituents and with a running series of Twitter reports as she made her way across the vast state. In one posted Saturday en route to Fairbanks, she wrote, “We remember all of AK is big/wild/good life; feel freedom here.”

It may be that, after 11 difficult months in the spotlight, Palin longs to feel some of that freedom she wrote about Saturday. But does she have a second act in her repertoire?

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