Arizona: Todd S. Purdum

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Alaska Disasta, Sarah Palin, announced today that she is stepping down as Governor of Alaska. If you did not catch her press conference, catch the replay. It was a rambling and incoherent series of non sequitur anecdotes. As Steven Colbert might describe it, it was "the craziest f#?king thing I've ever heard."

"Alaskans aren't quitters"... but I'm abandoning my job as governor. Huh?

Here is just a short clip from the press conference. When I find a video of the full statement I will update this post later.

Palin's announcement follows closely on the heels of the publication of a scathing report on the 2008 Republican Vice Presidential nominee, "It Came From Wasilla," in Vanity Fair magazine by