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candygirl · 07-03-2009, 11:50 PM

CNN
July 3,2009

Ed Rollins ( Republican Strategist ) on Palin announcement

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces she's stepping down this month.
CNN

Sarah Palin’s earlier announcement that she will step down as Governor of Alaska came as a surprise in the political sphere. CNN senior political contributor, Ed Rollins shared his opinion during an interview with Suzanne Malveaux on ‘The Situation Room.’

SM: I want to bring in a republican strategist, Ed Rollins. Ed, she is a popular figure at the base of the Republican Party. There are folks in Washington she is not in favor with. What is the response from the party for her stepping down at this time?

Ed Rollins: First of all, I think everyone is shocked by this and to a certain extent everyone is going to assume there is another story. You just don’t quit with a year and a half to go as governor. You certainly don’t do this as a steppingstone to run for president. You finish the job that you are in. She is not doing that. I think people are going to be suspicious because of the timing. You don’t quit on Friday on a three-day holiday, if you’re going to do this you think it through. You give a good speech. You basically have an audience and I think to a certain extent this made her look terribly inept.

ER: That is one of the questions people have about her, is she substantive enough to be a more serious candidate for president? My sense is she is a young woman so it is never the end. I have been around politics too long to ever think anybody’s finished. But at this point in time a lot of people are looking hard at this, a lot of republicans shaking their head after the last week or ten days with Senator Enson and Governor Sanford. just is this one more blow to the body of the republican party I don’t think there is any happiness anywhere by this decision except maybe the lieutenant governor of Alaska who gets to finish her job.

SM: she does this in a way, it is the beginning of a July 4th weekend, people taking time off, in traffic, do you think she was trying to bury this news or why do you think she did it this way?

ER: If she did it by thinking she was going to bury the news, this is a tactic that you news when you want to bury something but this is not a story you want to bury and you can’t bury it I mean she was the running mate she was viewed as a serious candidate in the future. My sense is that this story is not going to go away.

You may be stuck finding people to come on and talk like you were with me, by Sunday, Monday, Tuesday this week. This story has long legs and everyone will look hard again. She will have a review of what is going on in Alaska almost the scrutiny she had when she first announced. This just it doesn’t make sense. It goes against anybody’s common sense it certainly doesn’t it doesn’t enhance her in any way, shape or form.

SM: It is hard to predict, but at one point you called her a brilliant but risky choice for vice president. Are you reassessing what you think now?

ER: It was a brilliant, bold move at the time. She had two great weeks at the beginning of that campaign. She energized the base. I still think she is popular among the base but everybody around the country for her are shaking their heads saying why quit now? You have a year and a half to go. You want to finish out your term and use your family as an excuse, fine but you don’t quit in the middle of your term. We’re not a party of quitters. Basically to walk away without scandal, because the job is tough or somebody else can do it better and the idiotic story about I don’t want to be lame duck. I mean everybody is lame duck. I think the reality is — all she has done today is raise serious questions.

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candygirl Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Near the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 958 iTrader: (0) Thanks: 3,603 Thanked 1,101 Times in 255 Posts	CNN July 3,2009 Ed Rollins ( Republican Strategist ) on Palin announcement Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces she's stepping down this month. CNN Sarah Palin’s earlier announcement that she will step down as Governor of Alaska came as a surprise in the political sphere. CNN senior political contributor, Ed Rollins shared his opinion during an interview with Suzanne Malveaux on ‘The Situation Room.’ SM: I want to bring in a republican strategist, Ed Rollins. Ed, she is a popular figure at the base of the Republican Party. There are folks in Washington she is not in favor with. What is the response from the party for her stepping down at this time? Ed Rollins: First of all, I think everyone is shocked by this and to a certain extent everyone is going to assume there is another story. You just don’t quit with a year and a half to go as governor. You certainly don’t do this as a steppingstone to run for president. You finish the job that you are in. She is not doing that. I think people are going to be suspicious because of the timing. You don’t quit on Friday on a three-day holiday, if you’re going to do this you think it through. You give a good speech. You basically have an audience and I think to a certain extent this made her look terribly inept. ER: That is one of the questions people have about her, is she substantive enough to be a more serious candidate for president? My sense is she is a young woman so it is never the end. I have been around politics too long to ever think anybody’s finished. But at this point in time a lot of people are looking hard at this, a lot of republicans shaking their head after the last week or ten days with Senator Enson and Governor Sanford. just is this one more blow to the body of the republican party I don’t think there is any happiness anywhere by this decision except maybe the lieutenant governor of Alaska who gets to finish her job. SM: she does this in a way, it is the beginning of a July 4th weekend, people taking time off, in traffic, do you think she was trying to bury this news or why do you think she did it this way? ER: If she did it by thinking she was going to bury the news, this is a tactic that you news when you want to bury something but this is not a story you want to bury and you can’t bury it I mean she was the running mate she was viewed as a serious candidate in the future. My sense is that this story is not going to go away. You may be stuck finding people to come on and talk like you were with me, by Sunday, Monday, Tuesday this week. This story has long legs and everyone will look hard again. She will have a review of what is going on in Alaska almost the scrutiny she had when she first announced. This just it doesn’t make sense. It goes against anybody’s common sense it certainly doesn’t it doesn’t enhance her in any way, shape or form. SM: It is hard to predict, but at one point you called her a brilliant but risky choice for vice president. Are you reassessing what you think now? ER: It was a brilliant, bold move at the time. She had two great weeks at the beginning of that campaign. She energized the base. I still think she is popular among the base but everybody around the country for her are shaking their heads saying why quit now? You have a year and a half to go. You want to finish out your term and use your family as an excuse, fine but you don’t quit in the middle of your term. We’re not a party of quitters. Basically to walk away without scandal, because the job is tough or somebody else can do it better and the idiotic story about I don’t want to be lame duck. I mean everybody is lame duck. I think the reality is — all she has done today is raise serious questions. __________________ CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN