WASHINGTON – I have covered politics for a long time. I can tell when someone is running for president. Sarah Palin is running for president.
On a sunny (slow news) day in Wasilla, Alaska, the governor and former GOP vice presidential candidate appeared before the cameras and announced that she was stepping down as the state’s chief executive 18 months before her term expires.
Just like that — like the distant sound of a chain saw in a stand of northern pines — the 2012 Republican race lurched into gear.
