http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/07/1...reen-dowd/

The one-two punch thrown by Democrats and their counterparts in mainstream media have probably cost Alaska the governorship of Sarah Palin.

Sarah has provided two reason for stepping down as Alaska's governor:  1) The money she and the state have had to spend defending against 15 ethics complaints, all dismissed, and 2) The endless attacks against her spouse and children by Democrats, the media and those in pop culture.

Politics is officially a rich person's sport -- so long as you are rich enough to defend yourself against a string of baseless complaints you can stay.

Also, the children of Republican politicians are now a target-rich environment for Democrats and media demagogues.  It makes you wonder how many good people otherwise willing to serve, perhaps even better than those serving us now, are deciding to stay away from politics because of ruthlessness from Democrats and the media.

Let's look at both issues.

I think that a Governor should NOT have to put up with the continual stream of baseless accusations.Sarah states that she steps down to transfer the Governorship to the Lt. Gov. for the reason of removing the daily distractions from doing the job at the Governors office.

I thought that was a good move to show that serving the State was more important than hanging on to the office that was getting bogged down by the hateful media.

We have seen BDS now it is PDS.