host: 233 years ago, our founding fathers declared inpence with these words "we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain rights an among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. good morning and welcome to the "washington journal" today is july 4th, independence day. later in the program, we will talk more about the declaration of independence and how it came to be, but for the first part of the program, we want to talk about alaska governor sarah palin, who has announced that she plans to leaves office...