Why Sarah Palin quit

Sherlock Holmes dropped by the America Wants To Know office this afternoon. The great detective may appear disinterested in fame and glory, but we have never known him to miss a curtain call.

"You were right," we said.

"Naturally," he replied.

It was September 14, 2008, early on a Sunday morning, when Sherlock Holmes had walked into our office carrying a magnifying glass and a copy of the Sunday New York Times and solved The Case of the Governor's Husband.

"The governor's damage-control effort may well succeed," Holmes said. "By the time the details of the scandal become public, the story of her resignation will be old news. She will point to her record and blame the accusations on the enemies she made by doing what was right for the people of Alaska. She will play the victim. She will talk about the future. It will be over in a week."

"Really?" we asked. "Would you guess that she has a future in politics?"

The flicker of a smile crossed Holmes' face. "I never guess," he said.


Copyright 2009

Editor's note: You might be interested in the earlier post, "The Case of the Governor's Husband."

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