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Oct 24, 2008 8:32 AM CDT

Palin: 'I'm Going to Plow Through'

She talks special ed, clothing, sexism in Chicago Trib interview

(Newser) - Sarah Palin focused on people with disabilities and special education in an interview with the Chicago Tribune yesterday, accompanied by her husband Todd and baby Trig. She noted her ticket’s plan to add $3 billion per year for special ed, saying the money will come from “re-prioritizing" the...

SNL 'Bush' Endorses Squirming 'GOP' Pair

Oct 24, 2008 4:23 AM CDT

SNL 'Bush' Endorses Squirming 'GOP' Pair

Ferrell's Bush praises 'heavily patriotized' ticket

(Newser) - Will Ferrell reprised his role as a bumbling George Bush for last night's special edition of Saturday Night Live to force his endorsement on an extremely unreceptive GOP "ticket." Ferrell first explained to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin that the vice president tells a president what to do and...

Conservative
Sees Future
in Palin

OPINION

Oct 23, 2008 7:14 PM CDT

Conservative Sees Future in Palin

Movement needs 'plain spoken' leader like VP candidate, not 'over-delicate' Noonans

(Newser) - Conservative commentators who shamelessly jump on the Barack Obama bandwagon are blinkered to the new face of conservatism, Tony Blankley writes in the Washington Times. Just like “me-too” Republicans of the New Deal era, “they all cast their admiration for Mr. Obama in contrast to Sarah Palin—who...

Sarah Palin
'Do Is a Hit
With Orthodox Women

Oct 23, 2008 5:30 PM CDT

Sarah Palin 'Do Is a Hit With Orthodox Women

Wigs a hot item in Jewish Brooklyn nabe

(Newser) - The Alaska governor's flashy signature 'do is a surprise hit with Orthodox Jewish women in Brooklyn, where the "Sarah Palin Wig" has been selling briskly—at $695 a pop—to women who keep their hair covered for religious reasons. “It's a very classic look, yet fashion forward,”...

Gun Pulled After
Colo. Palin Rally

Oct 23, 2008 4:21 PM CDT

Gun Pulled After Colo. Palin Rally

Parking-lot traffic maneuvering pushes man to brandish loaded weapon

(Newser) - Road rage following a Sarah Palin rally in Colorado on Monday allegedly resulted in one man pulling a loaded handgun, the Glenwood Springs Post Independent reports. Jack Cheskaty “wanted to be ready for anything” when another driver threatened to pull ahead of him in a bumper-to-bumper parking lot.

How Revolving Narratives Swamped Would-Be Narrator

ANALYSIS

Oct 23, 2008 4:11 PM CDT

How Revolving Narratives Swamped Would-Be Narrator

McCain's move from tactic to tactic resulted in confused overall strategy

(Newser) - John McCain’s campaign has gone through a dizzying number of narratives, as Robert Draper outlines in the New York Times. Draper looks inside a dysfunctional operation driven by two quarreling old McCain friends (Rick Davis and speechwriter Mark Salter), and the Rovian outsider who reconciled them (Steve Schmidt). The...

The Makeover Palin Should Have Had

OPINION

Oct 23, 2008 3:00 PM CDT

The Makeover Palin Should Have Had

High-end duds totally at odds with GOP target (or Target) audience

(Newser) - That the GOP dressed up “a no-frills hockey mom” for her star turn is fine, but that they dressed her up in Neiman's, Saks, and Barneys is “mind-boggling evidence of a tin ear for the symbolism of popular culture,” style maven Robin Givhan wails in the Washington ...

Robocall Master Bought Palin's Fancy Clothes

ANALYSIS

Oct 23, 2008 2:31 PM CDT

Robocall Master Bought Palin's Fancy Clothes

Jeff Larson helped savage McCain in ugly 2000 SC primary

(Newser) - The Republican National Committee’s $150,000 spree on Sarah Palin’s wardrobe is so last news cycle, but, in the Atlantic, Joshua Green notes that the man swiping the credit card is GOP operative Jeff Larson. Larson is most notable for his role as a partner in the robocalling...

Why GOP
Name-Calling
Is Backfiring
This Time

opinion

Oct 23, 2008 2:09 PM CDT

Why GOP Name-Calling Is Backfiring This Time

Americans aren't buying 'real America' comments: Greenwald

(Newser) - The spectacle of Republican politicians painting their opponents as anti-American is a familiar one, Glenn Greenwald writes for Salon, but three recent headline-making incidents show that something has changed. "The idea that any of them would apologize for insulting liberals or impugning their patriotism is simply unfathomable," he...

Hasselbeck to
Stump for Palin

Oct 23, 2008 2:00 PM CDT

Hasselbeck to Stump for Palin

(Newser) - Elizabeth Hasselbeck has been invited to bring her spunky conservatism to the stump with Sarah Palin, the New York Daily News reports. Hasselbeck will take off for Florida this weekend to join the GOP veep pick on a tour around the state. “I will be flying there to travel...

Stylists: $150K
Well Spent
on Palin

Oct 23, 2008 11:00 AM CDT

Stylists: $150K Well Spent on Palin

Governor's image makeover on GOP dime helps her look the part, at least

(Newser) - The outrage over Sarah Palin’s pricey wardrobe doesn’t extend to professional fashionistas, Politico reports—putting money into a candidate’s appearance is a perfectly wise use of funds, they argue. “You are talking about branding a person who you are launching into the public eye,” said...

Palin Shunned by Political Elite's 'Shabby Frat House'

OPINION

Oct 23, 2008 9:43 AM CDT

Palin Shunned by Political Elite's 'Shabby Frat House'

Elites of both parties might hate her, but Palin's the people's pick.

(Newser) - Take a long hard look at our political elite, suggests Daniel Henninger in the Wall Street Journal, and ask yourself: Are these guys really out of Sarah Palin’s league? “Behold the shabby frat house that says it's above her pay grade.” Given a choice between members of...

GOP Gulps as
$150K Threads
Fray Palin Cred

Oct 23, 2008 5:59 AM CDT

GOP Gulps as $150K Threads Fray Palin Cred

Pricey duds threaten to give Palin an image problem

(Newser) - The $150,000 pricetag for Sarah Palin's new clothes has transformed the hockey mom into something of an empress, the New York Times reports, and GOP strategists are sweating the change in image. As the campaign enters the homestretch, Palin's unplain threads have become a symbol of excess akin to...

Palin: I'm No Bubblehead

Oct 23, 2008 1:24 AM CDT

Palin: I'm No Bubblehead

Candidate tells People she's an intellectual, a voracious reader, and a great cook

(Newser) - Tina Fey's portrayal of Sarah Palin as a bubblehead is way off, the candidate tells People magazine in a joint interview with hubby Todd. Palin says she considers herself an intellectual and is a voracious reader, largely of historical books and autobiographies. The Looming Tower, a look at events leading...

Fey: Palin Sketches
'Fair, Quite Gentle'

Oct 22, 2008 9:49 AM CDT

Fey: Palin Sketches 'Fair, Quite Gentle'

To complete transformation, 'we glue my ears down,' Fey says

(Newser) - Should Tina Fey take it easy on Sarah Palin? She doesn't think so, Access Hollywood reports. "I stand by the pieces as both fair and quite gentle," says Fey, who plays the veep nominee on SNL. At first Fey "didn’t think we looked alike at all,...

GOP Foots
$150K Bill
for Palin
Clothing,
Makeup

Oct 22, 2008 9:08 AM CDT

GOP Foots $150K Bill for Palin Clothing, Makeup

RNC defends $150k clothes, makeup budget for Palins

(Newser) - Sarah Palin apparently isn't kidding when she stresses the importance of lipstick to a hockey mom: the RNC spent $5000 on hair and makeup en route to racking up a $150,000 bill for clothing and accessories for Palin and her family since John McCain picked her as his...

Palin Sorry for
'Pro-America' Remark

Oct 22, 2008 7:10 AM CDT

Palin Sorry for 'Pro-America' Remark

Candidate says sorry for misunderstanding; discusses what she'd do as VP

(Newser) - Sarah Palin apologized last night for any misunderstandings created by her remarks about "pro-America areas of this great nation." The candidate told a CNN interviewer she hadn't meant to imply that parts of the country are unpatriotic. "If that's the way it came across, I apologize,"...

Palin Charged Alaska $21K for Children's Travel

Oct 22, 2008 2:38 AM CDT

Palin Charged Alaska $21K for Children's Travel

Uninvited children were said to be on 'official business'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin billed the state of Alaska repeatedly for costs incurred by her children accompanying her on trips, sometimes altering expense reports to indicate that they were on official business even though they were not invited, an investigation by the AP finds. Palin charged the state a total of $21,...

GOP Ticket's Disagreements May Be His Idea ... Or Hers

ANALYSIS

Oct 21, 2008 4:38 PM CDT

GOP Ticket's Disagreements May Be His Idea ... Or Hers

Palin could be shoring up support for her political future

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has publicly disagreed with John McCain on several issues, from giving up in Michigan, to the gay marriage ban, to attacking Barack Obama’s connection to Rev. Wright. A VP hopeful’s job main job is to agree with the ticket, notes John Dickerson for Slate, so why...

SNL Expects Obama Nov. 1

Oct 21, 2008 4:25 PM CDT

SNL Expects Obama Nov. 1

Meyers spills the beans to Palin at afterparty, aide tells blogger

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live has lined up Barack Obama for Nov. 1—the weekend before the election, blogger Martin Eisenstadt says he’s hearing from an aide to Sarah Palin. In boozy glee over the successful Palin appearance Saturday, SNL political writer Seth Meyers blurted, “just wait til you see...