'Did We Quit When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor?'

There are many, many things to say about Sarah Palin's announcement today, but one point has not really been made, and that is that quitting is not a conservative value.

Conservatives generally admire people who stick it out -- especially when the going gets tough. Today's announcement was a lot of things. It was erratic and weird, to be sure -- but it was also unconservative...

If Sarah Palin has some personal or family issues which preclude her finishing her term, I certainly respect her decision to step down. But if she thinks quitting the job she was hired to do is somehow a wise political strategy for earning a promotion -- she's just plain wrong ..