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By now, you’ve no doubt heard about Sarah Palin’s departure from the Alaskan political arena, creating a fireworks display like no other Independence Day might. The sheer fact that she’s offering very little in reasoning behind her early leaving of office gives the impression that she knows exactly what she’s doing.
Her now infamous tweets and facebook musings say things like “how sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it's about country” and that a “higher calling” is what she’s leaving for. These insights do in fact leave little to understand for Washington and the media.
By creating mystery and confusion over her departure, she naturally is securing her role in mainstream media and public consciousness. If this is in fact a clever design for the 2012 presidential election (and after watching her shrewd run for VP in 2008 with warcries of “I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion — I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country” why wouldn’t a Republican want to rally behind her?), she may end up with quite a following.
However, leaving her position as governor so early is not winning her any favors in the experience category. (Her inexperience was criticized during last year’s election, yet she still garnered 46% of US votes <along with Senator McCain, to be fair>.) Senator Grassley is publicly cited as having said that if she wants to run for President, the last thing she should do is leave her governor’s office.
What does this mean for Georgia and Fayette County?
2004’s election granted President George W. Bush 58% of Georgian votes with 37,346 coming from Fayette County (14,887 went to John Kerry). 2008 had more Republicans come out to declare a red victory for the state – 38,501.
With these voting records, it is safe to assume that if Sarah Palin were to win the Republican backing for 2012, local votes would sway in her favor, no matter what.
Sources: GA Secretary of State & CNN - here and here
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