My big thing about her resignation is the lame duck excuse. GMAB.

What would it be like if every lame duck elected official quit 18 months before the end of their term? Maybe better - maybe worse.

Let's see now - GWB would have left in July of 2007 - giving us Cheney. (The thought sickens me.) Many Governors are term-limited. So why bother running for a second term if that will be your last? And why bother running at all?