I have not joined the fray to speak about the resignation of Governor Sarah Palin.  Everyone has jumped in the water, and some are delighted that she has jumped out.

I do not know the rationale other than what she has elucidated.  The constant assaults on her, ethical violations launched without merit and based on political sniping and a new partisanship within Alaska that was absent before she accepted the vice presidential nomination all contributed to her decision.

The personal attacks on her and especially her children were painful, but I don’t think the primary reason.  The continued barrage of media criticism of a personal nature has been grossly derogatory and should by been condemned by all media personnel regardless of political affiliation.

I can attest to the  difficulties of running as a woman and how these insults affect your husband and children.  You have to deal with both your own reactions and how they will play in the press, but even more so how to comfort your family.  But she could handle all this.

However, given her character, I sincerely think that she simply believed that she could no longer function effectively as Alaska’s governor in the current climate.  She was blocked from working for the citizens of Alaska without the willingness of team players.  Instead, it had become a one-on-one hit game.

Surmising her character, the aura she projected as a V-P candidate and her speeches, she has a deep faith in her ideology and philosophy of government.  She is truly a servant of the people who elected her, not a servant of her ego or pocketbook.  If helping Alaska to have the best governance it deserves she resigned in this unconventional manner, she was willing to do so for her state.

Can it be that simple?  Are we so jaded that we no longer believe any politician is there to serve at the consent of the governed?  I think that Governor Sarah Palin’s reading of the Declaration of Independence is the same as mine.  Those elected are to serve the people. Perhaps once again, the experts will be proven incorrect and this will not be the end of Sarah Palin.

Maybe we need more elected officials to resign!