After running for Vice President and getting into a public spat with David Letterman, it seems that Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, has had enough. On Friday she announced that by the end of the month, she will resign and the Lt. Governor will take over.

There has been differening opinions on the blogosphere as to why Palin would resign, especially with a whole year still left in her first term. And with the small following she developed during her presidential run, why would she quit her office before the next presidential race?

To me, it seems she might have had enough of being in the public eye. Since the election, she became an overnight star. There were inquiries about her daughter becoming pregnant, her past as a model, and of course the SNL skits. All of these and more could have factored in. Maybe she was just tired of it all.

The NY Times published an article Monday saying that mounting legal costs were one of the main factors. Since Palin has been Governor, there were 15 ethics complaints filed against her. Even though all complaints were cleared, the legal fees continued to pile up.

 Will this be the last we see of Sarah Palin?

When Imus called the Rutger's womans basketball team a bunch of "nappy headed hoes" he lost his job. When David Letterman calls a the Governor of Alaska a slutty flight attendent, it is ok. I don't get it.

There are reports that he has apologized about the comment but I think he owes more and so does Governor Sarah Palin. She says Letterman owes an apology to young women across America and I agree.

So this week there was some hoopla because David Letterman said that Sarah Palin had a "slutty flight attendent look." Now this is very rude of him to insult a powerful female in public office. I do not condone this as it is just a cheap shot and has no place in modern day American society.

But for enterntainment value here is the video in which he did it.

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And here is a great video of MSNBC anchor trying to defend Letterman. Whats amazing, is she tries to say if she was called slutty, she would not be offended. How many females out there would not be offended if they were called slutty?

Today, a United States special ops team consisting of 4 helicopters and troops mounted an assault. Their target was a building in the county of Syria. Inside were supposed terrorists. The state of Syria has protested the raid and calls for an inquiry.

Now the next question is. How does this affect the balance in the middle East? Is this a new tactic being drafted in Washington? Something similar to the cross border raids being held in Pakistan. Hopefully the President does not plan to change course right before the end of his term and this election.

 Syria Protests U.S. Helicopter Raid, Says Eight People Killed [Bloomberg]

 In other news,the largest newspaper in Alaska endorses Barack Obama.

Anchorage Newspaper Endorses Obama [NPR]

Alaska's Biggest Paper Backs Obama  [Fox News]

So experience has been quite a factor in this year's election. Very much has been talked about in regards to Barack Obama's experience, or lack there of. Well lets examine Sarah Palin's lack of experience.

Her first position in office was on the Wasilla City Council for four years. Then she was elected to Mayor of Wasilla. Just for the record, Wasilla has a population of 5,469. To put this into perspective, the city of Fillmore has a population of 13,649. That's means that Fillmore is more than double the size of Wasilla. After being Mayor for six years, she moved on to the Governor's mansion in 2006. Going back to numbers, Alaska has a total population of 683,478. Ventura County alone has a population of 753,197. 

Now you might say that it does not matter how many people are in the city or state, its about making the decisions. Decisions are the important part. Those decisions will be influenced though by the amount of people that you represent and the issues they present. More people lead to more issues, which experience is needed to handle. 

I also find it very important that she has limited, if any, experience with federal issues. Most of the experience is with a city that's smaller than almost all the cities in Ventura County and a state who has a smaller population than Ventura County.

Now I will give her credit from going to a small city mayor to a small state Governor, but I will not give her credit for being experienced enough. In conclusion, I find that Sarah Palin does not have enough experience to be Vice President.

Last night Governor Sarah Palin delivered a heck of a speech.  She was courageous, articulate and more importantly reminded many people of the Republican hero, Ronald Reagan. She took on Barack Obama by questioning his experience by humorously comparing it to her own.   

"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening."

In the end, Gov. Palin may not get all the female votes the McCain campaign has been hoping for.  One thing she did do though is show the world exactly why John McCain picked her and what she is capable of.  The upcoming debates with Joe Biden will be interesting to say the least, as both have sharp tongues. Biden himself responded to the speech with comments that Palin's speech only consisted of one liners.

"I will be unrelenting in my debate with the governor of Alaska in terms of the positions she's taken but I will not do what she has been able to do so well apparently. I am not good at the one-line zingers. That's not my deal. So, if that's going to be the measure of how these debates go, then I'm not going to do very well."

Other Democrats chimed in claiming that her speech was written by speech writers of President Bush, which encourage divisive and partisan attacks.

So the Democrats hated the speech, Republicans loved it. What about the viewers? Well they loved it too. Palins speech had an estimated 37.2 million viewers. Compared to Obama's 38.4 million, that's pretty big.

So as most of you have heard, Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's daughter is five months pregnant. Now I'm not trying to be a gossip columnist here, but this is a very interesting topic to cover. I would say this is a major turn in the politics of the campaign. Now we have a mother who is going through very motherly issues with her family. Why wouldn't you want to vote for someone so wholesome?

What I also wonder, is if John McCain knew about the pregnancy before making his pick. Maybe McCain saw, or assumed that people across the nation would be drawn in closer to choose him and Palin over an all male team of Obama and Biden.

***On another note, something else I like about Sarah Palin is the change she brings to the Republican party. After this election, win or lose, she will be the front and center woman leader for the Republican party. In a few years, she can be the conservative version of Hillary Clinton.

I'd say its about time Republicans learned to change their ways while still trying to stick to the roots.

So I guessed that John McCain would pick Mitt Romney. I was way wrong. He went with the unknown Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who is still in her first term.

What exactly his reasoning to pick her was, who knows. I'm sure over the next few days there will be a lot of reports and background digging so the truth shall come out, sooner or later.