Posted by
Allen Caeden on Friday, July 03, 2009 7:59:09 PM
Sarah Palin's surprising move is just that, a surprise. Yet those who have long studied this woman's political career knows that Sarah Palin has always played by one set of political rules, her own and it has served her very well thus far.
There are certain facts that one needs to know which have contributed to Sarah Palin's leaving office. The Demoncrats were trying to and were somewhat succeding in crippling Sarah Palin with frivilous ethics charges, all of which were thrown out. This left Sarah (who is not wealthy)with a legal debt of over $600,000 and if she had stayed in power the Demoncrats would have continued this assult to financially cripple her and keep her out the 2012 race. In stepping down the Demoncrats can no longer use this avenue of attack. Financially this will help her because she will no longer be piling up legal debts and now she can earn a lot of money from speaking engagements which she can use to advance her move toward the White House in 2012.
Politically she will be able to spend far more time raising money for her political action committee and in campaigning for GOP candidates at all levels of government in 2010. From here she can build political alliences in every state. She may be hurt a little by her resignation, but not by much and she has the political skills to bounce back. Sarah Palin is now free to build up a national political machine to match the Demoncrats for 2012. She still owns the GOP base and now she has an extra two years to build on this.
Lastly, Sarah Palin seems determined to bring Reagan Conservatism back in the GOP, from which it seriously drifted away from under George Bush. In 2010 she can back true conservatives candidates who will not only share her political conservatism but they will also owe her a favor in the 2012 primaries.
These are some of the pluses in what she has done today.