Christian Science Monitor article earlier this week explains alot about Palin's decision

Here's the link.  In short, people start feeling that Palin wasn't putting the State first.

Palin's popularlity was slipping.  Even among people with her own party.  Her rambling announcement about loving Alaska so much that she wants to resign to spend more time out of it doesn't tell a credible story as much as this story does.  People were souring on what some called a "narcissistic personality disorder."  Alaska supporters of her were leaving her in droves.

I don't think even the biggest Palin booster can say that Palin's work in Alaska was done.  Like other governors, just like Governor Strickland, she was facing painful choices in her state's budgets due to gas prices dropping.

Incidentially the Christian Science Monitor is now an entirely on-line publication, Connie. :)

Imagine if a corrupt Democratic official tried to spin their resignation as a stand against "wasteful government spending."

Palin actually boasted about getting rid of junkets as Governor, and then resigned because she can't travel as much as she wants if she stayed Governor.  It's just funnier every time I watch it.  How she thought this resignation would get the media to report more on the positive things she's done.

It's clear nobody wrote a speech.  It's just rambling.  A stream of conscious that leads the listener with a "WTF?" reaction.

I wonder if Palin will support Governor Strickland in not responding to the Ohio GOP's never-ending series of public record requests because it waste taxpayers' money?