In a somewhat shocking move, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin resigned before her first term even came to a close.

Her rambling, hastily organized press conference blamed her resignation on the half-million dollar cost of defending herself against various State indictments surrounding her short uncompleted Governorship, but I'm not buying that excuse.

In her statement, she made one comment about how some adults had been mocking Trig, her youngest child that was born with down syndrome. At first I thought she was making reference to her weird public feud with David Letterman, but that really didn't make sense. No, I'm thinking that comment was the real reason behind her sudden and unexpected departure from politics.

Her staff has now confirmed that Palin informed key party members that she would resign on Wednesday eveningm the same day that CBS News' Scott Conroy and special contributor Shushannah Walshe revealed that they had gained access to emails sent between McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt and the 2008 Republican Vice Presidential nominee. My theory is that one of those emails between Schmidt and Palin may have had something to do with the circumstances surrounding Triggs birth and who really is the baby's mother. When Palin was notified about the email that Scott and Shushannah had obtained, she did the right thing and resigned, rather than put her family through another whirlwind media blitz.

Now, that's just a theory and I have no basis to really prove it, but the pieces seem to add up to something to that effect. Who knows? Maybe I'm close, maybe I'm right or maybe I'm way off. Either way, whatever, I'm just glad her political career is over.

Here's the footage of Palin resigning....