Saturday Night Live parodies of Sarah Palin a physical resemblance between comedian Tina Fey and Palin. Fey had decided she would play Palin after her daughter saw a picture of the Alaskan governor and mistook Palin for her mother. Viewers began to speculate who would play Palin on "SNL" during the run up to the November 4 presidential election. Days before the broadcast of the sketch, "SNL" executive producer Lorne Michaels said "there are [ongoing] discussions" about Fey playing Palin. On September 13, 2008, NBC announced that Fey would appear in the thirty-fourth-season premiere. The first sketch, "A Nonpartisan Message from Governor Sarah Palin & Senator Hillary
Resignation of Sarah Palin the usage is limited or under monthly or unlimited plans. The Alaska attorney general clarified several ethics rules, including those related to family travel. Resignation of Sarah Palin The resignation of Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska, after 2.5 years of her 4-year term, was announced on July 3, 2009 and became effective on July 26. Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell succeeded Sarah Palin as Governor. Parnell was later elected to a full term, in November 2010. Palin announced she was resigning her office due to the costs and distractions of battling ethics investigations describing the "insane" amount of time and