Palin Won't Seek Re Election

Breaking news from a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24497.html"Alaska.../abr /br /br /br /blockquoteAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin has told associates that she will not seek re-election next year, freeing her to pursue a White House bid in 2012, according to two GOP sources.br /br /Palin is to make her decision known later this afternoon from her home in Wasilla with her husband, Todd, and family by her side.br /br /By not running for re-election, Palin liberates herself from the political constraints that come with running for president while still in elected office.br /br /Leaving office at the end of next year,br //blockquotebr /br /br /br /Obviously, it's now all but certain that Palin will run for the Presidency in 2012. This is also what I recommended she do if she were to run.br /br /(UPDATE) Fox News is reporting that Palin won't merely not run for re election but will step down as Governor later this month.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3098264341625381422-125096219336414720?l=theeprovocateur.blogspot.com'//div