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Sarah Palin Stays Unshackled

By Aaron Goldstein on 10.5.11 @ 8:14PM

As Jeff Lord has just noted via Mark Levin, Sarah Palin will not be seeking the GOP nomination.

Her decision comes a little more than 24 hours after Chris Christie announced for the 1,674th time he was not running for President.

For the longest time, I was inclined towards thinking that she would run. But this turn of events doesn't seem so surprising in light of Palin's interview with Greta Van Susteren one week ago in which she asked, "Does a title shackle a person?" and "Is a campaign too shackling?"

If those are the sorts of question she's asking herself that's a telling sign she isn't inclined towards running for office. For all the unfair criticisms which have been leveled against her, the one criticism that would have stuck to her like glue had she run would have been her decision to resign as Governor of Alaska in July 2009. At the time of her abrupt departure, I argued that had she been re-elected and opted to run in 2012 she could tell Mitt Romney she had more experience governing Alaska than he did governing Massachusetts.

Unfortunately, her decision did little to improve her standing with the public. As recently as last month, nearly three quarters of Republican and Republican leaning independents indicated they did not want her to seek the GOP nomination. So perhaps it's just as well. It would seem she would be happier being a mover and a shaker and if that's the case then more power to her.

And with that, Sarah Palin stays unshackled.

View all comments (10) | Leave a comment

Brandt Hardin| 10.5.11 @ 8:24PM

The White House is the last place this woman needed to be anyhow. She can get back to selling and marketing herself to anyone who will listen and look. So do all the people who donated their hard-earned money to her PAC get a refund from sending her on her cross-country escapades to sell books? At least the race will have some semblance of politics and not reality TV with her absence. Get a sneak peek at her next big venture as she keeps her strip tease going at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.....in_15.html

Ken (Old Texican)| 10.5.11 @ 8:29PM

Brandt,
you are an arsehole and a cynic. Screw you.

David W| 10.5.11 @ 9:33PM

He's just mad that Sarah would be a better conservative than Mittens and would be a better president that Obama.

Clint| 10.5.11 @ 9:06PM

The RINO-CINO Faux Conservatives Mouthed Phoney Support For Our Tea Party Co-Favorite Sarah Palin.

The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here.

Chaim Goldman| 10.5.11 @ 9:37PM

This means Obama wins 2012.

Brandt Hardin| 10.5.11 @ 10:10PM

careena| 10.5.11 @ 10:33PM

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Zbigniew Mazurak| 10.6.11 @ 4:21AM

Unshackled?

Are you nuts?

The Presidency would not shackle Palin.

Parky Bill| 10.6.11 @ 10:42AM

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