. >> she may be resigning as governor, buyou haven't seen the last of sarah lin. rah this fall on h n talk show, "sarah and dave," 8:00 p.m. week nights on tbs. sarah lin, effective adership. >> yep. say what youill, and i -- she -- i think sheould have been our most attractive vic president since spiro new. >> yeah. >>oue going to hear about that from agnew's family. that's "countdown" for this the 2,25h day since the previous president declaredission accomplishedn iraq. i'm keh bermann. goodight and good luck.

was real or st a stunt to spare her having trun fovice president as t mother of an unwed mother, sarah lines to discover what can happen when somebody you used as a prop starts to talk. r number one story on the countdowlevi johnston's version of his ex-future mother-in-law's resiation not lining up that well with that of his ex-future mother-in-law. when goverr palin quit her job she sa it was because of frivolous ethics ces. she saidt was all the public money she had to spend to fit the charges. she sa it was because she and her family were media targets. but johnston dermined to extendis 15 minutes looking cash in a tell-all book and motold the associated press it was really all about the money. i've heard of pele offering books and stuff like tt and actually there is a ality show they wanted to do buthink e g deal is the book and at's millions of dollars right there and e couldn't do that as governor. there was this reactn from the palin family spokeswoman. it is interestinto learn levi is rking on a piece of fiction while ning his acting skills. all coming as palin wiing to stay out o

heenerated the base on the left like nobod d sarah lin does thaton the right. can she translate th into a victory in a republica primary? this morning i am saying i don't think so. >>uthe can be a hell cheerleader. >> and my ther lovesher. ifhe says toote for romney, orwho eve she could be a powerfulvoice. especially if she had a big mega phone in primetime everynight. >> i feel liou know somethin >> i don't. >> in saying that since "morng joe" this morn i have to sense that joe knows a whole lot mo than -- >> let's go up to alaskahis morning. and this reporter has covered sarah palin. is your sense, michael, eith the politics of alaska became more tuble than what she wanted to dal with, or that ka on the flip sde didn't want to deal with sarah palin in her obsession with the lower 48 downhere? >> well, i tink mosy that she decided that being governo was too hard of work and too demandinndhe could not take the insults that went with it. flying arod the country is a lot more f than sitting in juneau auing with politicians. >> does she run t riskf being made irre

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after the last campan a lot of smart people n washington said sarah lin should go back up to jneau, run thestate and get a few more accomplishmes derneath her belt if hey -- s wanted to run for presint in her own rght. shedid not takethat advi. as should have learned by now, sarah palin marchesto her n drummer. it took a lo of the political establishment aack, her sudden decisiono quilt her term wit 18 mosss to go. but out in plaes like iowa and new hashire, the kickof places for the nomining ontests, you talk to the grs roots o the republican party and they largelyaccept her explanation fo why she's stepping down, the lawuits and ethics investigatins which she says are frivolous ae a distraction stott state and that the mediaas reall becomenvasive to her family. that last point is not ne to overlook becau for a lot of conservativ activists hey lump the press i with plin's critics on the left and say you guys have been hard on he for 10 months evr since she stepped on the naional stage as john mcain's runningmate in 2008 d they say we, you know, o skepcism and ur scruti turns her into a

i knowow when mebody is running for presidenent, and think sarah lin thinks that she's gogot a sh and she's going to mama some money, trtry to geter head on straiait, andive it a shot. she's ry popular at the conservative grassssroots ofhe party, but she needs a an educion. shshe's gobill crystal in washshgton w is a friend of rs and a fan. ll bentt, mary madeleine, she's got some people,e,ut she hahas to sdy and learn the issues and she doeoe't yetnow them. >>e have two bets she may y be headed foror a camign for higher office or a at lea a campaign for hier office. t she'up against hiory now, howard and papat, because her nana comest the end d the flowing list. nry cabot lodge. billiller. edmund mky. sergeaeant shriv. losing vice presidentiti candates. robertrt dole. walter monondale. gegeraldinferaro. the rgettable lloyd benson.. e unforgettable dan ququle. and of coursrse, jack mp, joe lilierman,ohn edwards. who did wewe forge >> frankn d. roosevelt, 1920 --- >> no, here's my poioint, pat. in the televisioioage of campaiing which began in 196960, in the telelevisioage, we are vici

i must say, my favorite columns of the week were maureen dd who tackled sarah lin's sudden resignation. she wrote you didn't really think i was going anywhere, did you? i'm one of ggls hot trends. we're doing a fund raising this week on sarah's attempto deroy capitalism -- i know you took a look at se of those shots because i sent them to u, hn. >> i have to say, i ha not, but i'm looking hem right now. i thin she's going to do h own work because she's going to make a lot of money. i know this is a controversy between her and levi, but she has the ability to ma a lot of ca veryrapidly. >> and that's what he said she was to do. a very strong rponse from palin'sspokeswoman should weet dignified now and bring in david brooks? you wrote about this thisweek. john, taket away from here >> da you talked about e loss of dignity in public life in t these sndals. let me read, fist, mark sanfors press conference. here was a guy lking any sense of resonance. then, the deat of michael jan, then sarah palin, a woman who aspires to a high public role, b is unfamiliar with the traits constancy. tell m

but we begin tonight in wala, alaska, theometown of the soon to be form governor of alaska, sarah lin. saying tnks but nhanks to the rest of her term obviousl came as a hugesurprise to politil watchers across the country. toght, we have reaction om nbc's andr mitchell is repoing from wasilla. she's join us from theren just a moment. now, once palin formerlyteps downater thismonth, alaska's lieutenant governor sean par nel will oficially take over the state. he's expected be sworn in on ju 26. yesterday, rnell took his best stab at the queson many are asking now, why d she do it? soon to be vernor parnell says he thinks one of the reasons palin decided to step down is because the weight of the mounting legal fees she no faces. palin's legalls are now estimateto be more than $500,000,he result of 16 ethics challens filed agait her. 15 of which veeen dismissed and one that's ongoing. by the way, l of those complaint, except for one, have en filed by alaskans. sincher rignation announcement on friday, soono be not governor palin has been using her twitter account to upda her folwers on he

is that essentialally the geographic sketch of sarah lin's ininueuenc right nn? er as his vice president after tas secedede the thing is, i think theres definitely a mixeded rctctn to her. i i thk right nowwhwh sarah palin's future los like depependa a t on whhat w do as mumu as what shshe eses i think ifif wee conontiee to ta about h her afterheheasasn'done anytythi n n and talkbout pepeop talking about her,that's a win for her. the more,, the less s does andd the morerewewe talk about her, people thatrere drawn toerer wiwillee that as demomoningng h anand rally a arnd heher. hohower,r, ariend ofiine wo o a a go strategegtt id it and i thing hepuput it very well, sh is likik a a ice sculpture. the more shes exposedoo the elements, , thfafaer shy wears dodown deder at thinking, yeyeshe shldld cacampgngn. thatatououlde fantntasc.c. she might d d great,ut as t t magic 8-ball mightayay, utlook not t ood." >>>> talal unriried enthusiasm foforer beininggn thecacaaign traiailss much as possible with as manyny r replican candidatata popossle is thehe head of the momoatic

andd another ing about sarah lin -- byhe way,y, iis so rlrlto say sarah p pal i not cut out forr politics.sh palin not cut o o for p pliliti a couplef yearars afr r ing mayoror of a 9,000 perersotown. >> she can be ready fo politicis in veve yeyears. >> she certrtaiyy k let'snot wre e r off at l.l. i wi s s this abbtt s sah palin's press s conference. i' remindnd of soththg thomas friedman wrote tete he wtt into i irandnd aftfter ee wmd rere fzlzled out. should geoeorgbubush should haha j jussaid, we l le i a dangerous woworl need a beachh hd in the midet.t. we need a acace t makeke sure teterrism doesn't f flow east to st, afghanistan to inn over to the palestinianan territorie. and s,s, that'swhy we're goingn into iq.q. ininstdd we got too clever. i think sararah lilin perhaps,s because i'm s soy palin susuppters and i'msorry, momo none of that made sense. was i illical what she was, on non sequitutur afr r another >>>> nervous.s. >> if she had justst sa, here is e e deal, thihi has beenn a terribleleidide over the pt nii months a and choose, a as a rerentand todd c coses as a pare,, to s

and i think we'r seeing something simila wth sarah lin.paty. i think michael stee who, you know, is not rea pola among rank and file rightow for a lotof gaffes he's made, it's probably smart to emace her. take her on the tra kind of ride her coatils within the bas of the gop right w. whether she has 2012 ambitions, i'm not sure. i n't personally seeit, but, yokn crazier things have happened. but i do think she can go help raise money. i'm curious to see how mh she actually does for otr candidates. >> eon, you look at the republican party and whe they're polling right now, they're reallyot in a position to throw anybodynder the bus. they need all the friends ey can get, d't you thk? >> yeah these high-ranking republicaneaders keep implodinpolitically. i lked to a high-ranking publican pan supporte today, and i asked him whether she's got a ture in the republican party. and he said, look, she's got a future definitely, she can raise theoney if shewants to. and that's the questn. does she reallwant this? she's not behavg right now like somebo

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i know when somebody is runnini for presidede, ad i think sarah lin t thinkshat she's got a shot and she'e's goingg to make some money, tryry to get h hr h on strght, and giveit a shot. she's vevery popularr at e conservative grassroots of f th party, buthe needs a an education. e's gobill crysystal in shingt who is ariend of hers and a fan. bill nnett, mary adelei, she's t some peopople, bushe has to s study a learn the issues and she doesnsn't yet kn them. >> we have t t bets she may be headed f a campaigig for higher fice, but she'ss up against story w, howard a t, because her name comes at the end of the following list, henry cabot lodge, bill miller, edmdm. sergea shrir. losing vce presidential candididates. robert dole. walter mondndale. geraldine ferararo. th forgrgtable oyd benson. the forgetble dan quayle. and of ccrse, jack kemp, joe lieberman,n, john edards. whwhdid forget? >> franklinn d. osevelt, 1920 -- no, , here'sy point, pat. in theelevision age caaigning which been i 196060, in the television n age, w we a viciouto losers. we do not w wt to hear f from y again. nono

sarah lin's everywhere as she's the front page of today's "new york times" in a piec about her road toning, and she's the cover "time magazine dubbed threnegade, antoday in a newly released federal election commission report we learned she denitely knows how to raise money. she may haveesigned as alaska governor because of itbut is she unstoppable? pat chanan, msnbc contributor, political analyst. and eugene robinson, pulitzer prize-winning comnist. nbc analyst. ""wagton post."" she's apparent raised three quarters of a million dollars already behalf of her pac. she'obviously ready to sign up with some speaking burea she's going to be out there, gene. i ess there's no surprise if u think of self-interest why she quit the gernorship. she don't have to put up wit some intramuraght for funding. the crap you always take at home from anywhe if you're a litician. home is the worst place toe for most politiciansbut is there another story here? is she on the road tbeing the nominer next time against barack obama? >> you know, i really doubt it. and there was -- >> do you really doubt it? reall

by the end they were notveon speaking tms. >> i think the thi fascinating about sarah lin, and she is consultants by tdional policians do nowadays. she found herself in the middle ofhe campaig it was le people going from aaa ball to the wod series in three weeksand that a staff of 20 peoplwas imposed on her by the mccain campaign. ana lot of people felt she did notknow who she could trust or where to look. >> andrea, ihink todd bings up a great point, an that's that thiss somebody pulledou of alaska, and thrown in the middle of e national stage, and maybe sheas ju not ready for that much exposure that quickly. >> reporter: i thi that's true. joe, i talked to somebody that worked closely with her, and they s she dn't knowhat she doesn't know, and that' derstaab understandable. and a national campaig is a tough things, and it had eaten up a lot of people. ok at dan ail, and he got kill when the bush 41 people came in and surrounded him and became hisraveling campaig team. thevertrted eachother. and tha was an analogyf what happened to sarah palin, and dd reportedll th mutual resentments

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. >> let's closehehe loop o on ka veve a get into sarah lin. is is anrgrgumt rah palin he phoenix to r rise from the ashes ofof thehe republican rtr that karloo perhaps represents. we arewawaing the arrival of a decratic s sategist at the dnc, and j jonhan is with us, donontea will be along shortly. bebeforee e t into the nvnvertion, i wantyoyo to die st a bit ofof sarah palin'swn rhetetoric as she prepares to ke thee transition. this is from a conveversatnn sh dd recentlyly witith adrdrea mimihell. >> yoarare tisisteng to me. it wououcostcocotless hoursofof waeded te, and uuortunately, i i wa not ing to pu alaskaens thugh that. >> whether i's's the energrgy regulation orinincial regulalationororealth care regulationons, sararah pinin actually, b bararres it may be findserself in a very rare set of pelele. arnoldld hwarzenegger, and miael bloomberg, a sarah pali a a group of smalll folks outhere that c raise money aggressively, and h heah care and energy l lgely f fus politicianans. and thth positions h as a mamacc i an interesting positioo tot

i want to ask jonathan capehart a estion that here is sarah lin could be the nominee for republicans in 2012 and it would be a goldwater-like disaster. if tt's the case, it's worse than a goldwater-like does ser. barry goldwater was a pa gone of rigorous nservatism that his loss it was easy toee what the rd map ahead was for the republica party. i men, he was a serious person with a seriousset of ide that happened to get tunced in the national election. sarah palin does not repsent anything lik that kind of coherent, rigorous idea aut what the republin partyr the coervative movement stands for. a lot like her becaus they hate the fact liberal beat up on her. she doesn't represent a set of coherent, well-worked o views of the world. let me agree with that let me agreeith that. the description of barry goldwater wasctly right a i think the suggestion that a of now sarah palin ha n indicated oronstrated that coherent philosophy or deep knowlee in it and ability to reallexpress it on national television in face-to-face encounters. think that is true. wheri disagree with peggy noonan is t

. >> what do you think about sarah by lin and what is next. >> i think she would be a great president>> why do you say that? >> i think she is very patriotic and i like the way she channeled the budget in alaska. >> -- handled the budget in alaska. >> you think she would be a great president, but is she going t down that road? >> was it the best move to leave her job. we heard the other callers. >> no i think it will give her time to get some kind of strategy to run. >> tom, thank you for your call. it will be interesting to see what happens. thank you all for your calls. >>> coming up after two days a ravens receiver is already calling it quits. why due bennett is not coming to baltimore. >>> baltimore's olympic hero michael phelps was back in the pool for the first event in the world championship in rome. how he did fresh...fresh...fresh. really fresh. come into your local giant today for mouthwatering fruits and vegetables, all at prices you can handle. like northwest cherries, just $1.49 a pound. this week only at giant. you know, it's not the grill that makes a delicious, tender,

>> that speaks to my t theory wh sarah h lin ishat americans areascinating with originals, with people brbreak the moll whether yoyou like oror te her d u can't wrapap your head around her polics because the change all thtime,he's sort of an origigal lik michael jackson or madonna or nny ramimiz. right? there's no onelse likee he amerans are fascinatated b people who a are just fferent. ananshe's -- you don't know what she's going to dodo next. >> we don't t ow whawe're going g to do xt on "morning joe." we h he suzy welch,, dnny deututsch, danenor, and savannah thrie over there in romeme. that's your theoeory? >> yes, she is d dfere. this is ththe firs time the american public h has seen a won in power with sexualal appeealn men and womendo n know whatt to do th itit >> give me a break. what do y mean giveve me a break? it ipowerful.l. we have never seen i i befofore. it's a a new critte it's fasnating. >>>> i'mrobably theonly pson hereho has been t a main/palinally unless you guys -- >> n been to one, no. >> i sa women mimile-aged women n wait in linene for te hs toet a glimpse. >> w

lin. >> n to the bigger picture sarah palin's resignation and whether she's generate sympathy for hef. after annouin she's stepping down, she spents holiday weeken fishing with her husban and kids and attended an independence d parade. now that some of the dust has settled, ere's a new poll out. when asked how does lin's resignation make you feel toward her, 9% said more favorably 1 said ss and 70 said no effect. en asked how likely would you vote for her forresident in 2012 dlsh -- is tat perhaps not a bad start? joining us now om our studios in new york is frank newport. frank, wt specifically, wt group are we talking about on the la poll? publicans or voters over all? >> the pop was of everybody in the u.s. except for the regt register voters. we can splitut republicans. if sarah pal runs, she's got to convince herfellow republics rst before she can take on the general election then you've got pretty high numb of republicans who s they wld be likely to vote for her. wenterpreted as she's got a fairly good baseere she to decide to ve ahead for the bid for the 2012 election. >> here's

two-thirds of those survey wants lin to be a "major national political fige" in the future >> bonnie: soet's start with sarahlin, the beginningr the end of her run for esidt. >> i don'tnow the answer to that question. you know, look. i don't know sarah palin personal and i d't know why shetepped down. there was a lot of pressureput on her family. i don't ink it was helpful at she stepped away from a job that s had committed to doing. and the idea that i'mow a lame duck, you don't have to annonce yet that you wen't going to run again. so that's my polical strategy side of it. having not known all of the background here, maybe she was maki the best decisionor her family >> first ias skeptal. congress isut of session. ani must say, i don't think e media did their homework here. when i went back to washington and began tread closely about the way peopl have go at her in the sta, the number of comaints against her, se people rlly out to get her in her own ste a h her reputation was being ruined -- >> bone: but that doesn't go away. the vestigation continues. well, apparently this bad relationship with now perhaps