Sarah Palin announces US Congress bid

[Sherman A1]

Sarah Palin has announced a run for the Alaska's only seat in the US House of Representatives, her first bid for political office in more than a decade.

"America is at a tipping point," Palin said. "As I've watched the far left destroy the country, I knew I had to step up and join the fight".

Palin made history in 2008 by becoming the first woman to appear on a national Republican ticket, as John McCain's vice presidential running mate.

The pair lost to Democrat Barack Obama.

The 58-year-old former governor of Alaska and fiery supporter of ex-President Donald Trump joins a field of about 40 candidates hoping to succeed Don Young, who died last month.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60964852

[Walleye]

1. Will she resign from her seat if a better opportunity comes along like she did with governorship?

Democrats need to remind the people of Alaska how she ran out on them last time

[jimfields33]

3. I'd say running for VP Is a reason to resign from being governor

She didn’t make VP. Thank God. But it’s a valid reason I suppose.

[Walleye]

4. she resigned after she lost her run for VP in July 2009

[jimfields33]

5. Oh ok. Seems like a million years ago.

With 40 others running, I’d say her chances are slim. Her in DC would be horrible.

[Walleye]

6. I actually don't think she could handle living in DC

And it really does seem like 1 million years ago

[Tanuki]

7. She didn't resign until several months after tge election.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/sarah-palin-speaks-abc-news/story%3fid=8016906


"ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, July 7, 2009 -- After her bombshell announcement Friday that she was resigning as governor of Alaska 18 months before the end of her first term, and amid questions about her political future ricocheting from Alaska to Washington, D.C., Sarah Palin packed it up, traveled more than 300 miles from her family home in Wasilla and went fishing.
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Palin said she was surprised by the media storm that followed her announcement to leave office, saying she thought it would not have been "such a darn big deal." But she struck a determined, if vague, note about her future.
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Palin hinted that whether she holds elected office again or not, she does not intend to live a quiet life made up entirely of family fishing trips. "I don't need a title to be the one to usher in what it is that needs to be done in our state or our country."...(more)

[vanlassie]

2. How many months is she thinking she might like to have the job?

[justhanginon]

8. Republican version of recycling their trash.

[PJMcK]

9. Yeah, 'cause she's qualified

If Alaskans elect her, they'll deserve her.

[PittBlue]

10. Oh, dear gawd...please say it isn't so.

I cannot bear the thought of her all over the news again.

[Wolf Frankula]

11. Is Snow Snooki running as a traditional family values candidate,

Her family excepted?

Wolf