'Ethics Elves' Hounded Palin Out of Office

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin resigned as Alaska's governor in a feisty speech today, ducking details about her future but promising to fight for conservative ideals, the Anchorage Daily News reports. "I will be able to fight even harder for you, for what is right, and for truth. And I have never felt that you need a title to do that." She also warned America of "accepting government largess" and told the media to "quit makin' things up" about the US military. More»

(NEWSER) - Sources close to Sarah Palin say the Alaska governor intends to leave politics entirely—and not focus on a 2012 presidential bid—when her resignation becomes official later this month, Andrea Mitchell reported today on MSNBC. The Republican, under fire at home over ethics complaints and from various media outlets nationally, reportedly said, “I’ve had it, I can’t take it anymore, I’m out of politics.” More»

She and her family head to Alaska

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin has abruptly cut short her bus tour and gone home to Alaska before hitting such planned destinations as Iowa and South Carolina. Though the trip had no formally announced schedule, Real Clear Politics reports that top aides had drafted an itinerary that would have seen her tour the Southeast and Midwest this month. More»

(AP) - Another Palin calls it quits: Two months after Sarah stepped down as governor of Alaska, Todd has resigned from his oil field job on the North Slope. Todd Palin's resignation as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC was apparently effective September 18. As Palin fans await the release of Sarah's highly anticipated memoir, for which she is said to have been paid millions, Todd is spending time with the family, her spokesman says. More»

Resignation was genius move, writes Greg Beato

(NEWSER) - Politics is due for a shake-up of the kind the Internet gave to music and newspapers—and Sarah Palin looks like the only politician ready to deliver, Greg Beato writes in Reason. Palin's resignation makes her a true maverick, Beato writes. Just like Paris Hilton realized you don't need to act to be a Hollywood star, Palin has realized you don't need to hold office to be a politician, he notes. More»