BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Alaska Governor Palin to resign

I still think the GOP were wrong to chose her to run with McCain but I can hear the tears in her voice and think that she *DOES* love Alaska, even if I don't agree with all of her politics and policies. I wonder if the last year or so has been too much for her and her family and now she just wants to concentrate on family for a bit.

Also, once she is no longer having to spout the party line in an election that was way above her head, she is a clear and sympathetic speaker. Maybe she is right for local politics where she was wrong for national politics?