Bad day for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. First, she pulls out of the Conservative Political Action Conference.

“We’re obviously disappointed,” said a CPAC official. A spokesman for the three-day confab, organized by the American Conservative Union Foundation and others, said that Palin, the popular former vice presidential nominee, had indicated she would be able to attend but cited “duties of governing” in bowing out. Instead, she will send in a taped message.

Next, her attorney general resigns for completely mysterious reasons. And finally, Julio Osegueda, who asked an emotional question at President Obama’s town hall in Florida, is already surpassing Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder as Random Citizen Celebrity du Jour.