Alaska starts the work week with a new governor, Sean Parnell, and an old puzzle: why exactly did the old governor, Sarah Palin, step down, and what are her plans for the future?
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said goodbye to her constituents Sunday afternoon and handed off the baton to Lieutenant Gov. Sean Parnell. Explaining her puzzling move, Palin cited her inability to get anything done as a lame duck — though her term would have ended in about a year and a half.