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Palin Writes Tax Figure on Hand to 'Avoid' Looking Stupid

'Liberals will say I don't know what I'm talkin' about'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is writing on her hand again, this time so she can remember a tax hike number while she skewers the Democrats on Fox TV. She lambasted President Obama's move to let the Bush administration's tax cuts for the rich expire at the end of the year, and claimed...

Sarah Palin Stares Down Brown Bear
 Sarah Palin 
 Stares Down 
 Brown Bear 

mother to mother

Sarah Palin Stares Down Brown Bear

Mom, cubs crash family fishing trip

(Newser) - First moose hunting, now a bear stare down. That's what happened to Sarah Palin when a brown bear and her two cubs crashed a quiet family salmon fishing expedition in Alaska. The mothers stared at one another before the bear blinked, and moved off, reports the Telegraph . The bear apparently...

Sarah Palin in 2012? It's Looking More Likely
Sarah Palin in 2012?
It's Looking More Likely
opposing views

Sarah Palin in 2012? It's Looking More Likely

Pundits are split on whether it's a smart move

(Newser) - Pundits watching Sarah Palin are smelling a 2012 presidential run. Here are two takes on her prospects:
  • Mark Halperin, Time : In a piece headlined "Why She's for Real," he lauds her fundraising and improved media savvy (especially the Mama Grizzlies video ). And much to her advantage, she'd
...

Palin: Obama's Backasswards
 Palin: Obama's Backasswards 

Palin: Obama's Backasswards

Meanwhile, she doles out $87K in campaign contributions

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has slam-Tweeted President Obama's economic strategy as "the most disconnected, backasswards plan ever imposed on the country we love." She made the broadside after Obama ripped her girl Sharron Angle in her race against Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, reports the New York Daily News . Palin...

Palin: Pot Smokin's No Biggie
 Palin: Pot Smokin's No Biggie 

Palin: Pot Smokin's No Biggie

Better if cops spend time on serious crimes

(Newser) - Sarah Palin sounded so relaxed in a recent interview about blowing a joint in the privacy of one's own home that it almost sounded like pot could be the conservative Alaskan's cup of tea. She definitely does not support legalizing the drug, but added, "If somebody's gonna smoke a...

GOP Hopefuls No Challenge to Obama

 GOP Hopefuls 
 No Challenge 
 to Obama 
OPINION

GOP Hopefuls No Challenge to Obama

Current Republican field riddled with weak spots

(Newser) - Republicans talk a good game about challenging President Obama in 2012, but the GOP would look scarier if it had even one legitimate challenger , says Dick Polman. "Obama's job-approval numbers are tepid these days—but he looks robust when matched against actual Republican challengers," warns the Philadelphia Inquirer...

Newt Could Be GOP's 2012 Sleeper Candidate
Newt Could Be GOP's 2012 Sleeper Candidate
poll numbers

Newt Could Be GOP's 2012 Sleeper Candidate

Former speaker does well in SRLC straw poll

(Newser) - A straw poll at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference shows Mike Huckabee's chances for the 2012 presidential nomination to be slim at best. Gingrich came in fourth to Huckabee's fifth among first-choice picks, but came in first in second-choice preferences—a result that illustrates his broad appeal among conservatives. The...

Sarah Palin Ditches RNC Fundraiser

Ex-governor wants name taken off 'invited' speakers list

(Newser) - Don't believe the hype—Sarah Palin won't be attending an upcoming RNC fundraiser in New Orleans, even though the invite lists her as an "invited" speaker. Invited or not, the former gov won't be showing, and her team has twice asked the RNC to take her name off the...

Populism Never Wins the White House

 Populism 
 Never 
 Wins the 
 White House 
GEORGE F. WILL

Populism Never Wins the White House

It's not Palin's fault she's just a media spectacle: George F. Will

(Newser) - Once upon a time, George F. Will writes, a maverick Arizona senator ran for president with “a running mate most Americans had never heard of and who had negligible experience pertinent to the presidency.” That was 1964, the candidate was Barry Goldwater, and his VP choice was Bill...

Dick Cheney on Palin in 2012: Meh
 Dick Cheney 
 on Palin in 
 2012: Meh 


TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Dick Cheney on Palin in 2012: Meh

Ex-veep dismisses would-be candidate's posturing, hasn't decided who to back yet

(Newser) - Dick Cheney took time out of a busy Biden-bashing schedule this morning to train his sights on Sarah Palin, saying he hasn't decided yet who he'll support in 2012 and that “all the prospective candidates have a lot of work to do.” On Palin's recent call for President...

Sarah Palin Is Brilliant
 Sarah Palin Is Brilliant 
joe klein & david broder

Sarah Palin Is Brilliant

Klein and Broder say she's a populist tour de force

(Newser) - Joe Klein and David Broder remain wowed by Sarah Palin's Tea Party performance and weigh in with dovetailing columns today that place her at the head of the GOP class for 2012. In Time , Klein blasts the speech itself as "inspired drivel" full of gross simplifications. "But I...

Fed-Up Americans Not Wowed by Sarah Palin: Poll

71% believe Alaskan is unqualified to be president

(Newser) - An overwhelming number of Americans are seriously ticked off at their government but that anger isn't driving them into the arms of Sarah Palin, according to a Washington Post /ABC News poll. A full 71% of voters—including a majority of Republicans—feel that Palin is unqualified to be president....

Advice for Sarah Palin 2012
 Advice for Sarah Palin 2012 
OPINION

Advice for Sarah Palin 2012

A former Bush aide gives Sarah Barracuda some strategy tips

(Newser) - Party wisemen may not take her seriously, but Sarah Palin’s got a genuine shot at being the 2012 Republican nominee. And ex-Bush aide Matt Latimer, writing for the Daily Beast , has some advice on how she can win:
  • Explain why she quit: Right now it looks like she fled
...

Palin: US 'Ready for Another Revolution'
 Palin: US 
 'Ready for 
 Another 
 Revolution' 

TEA PARTY CONVENTION

Palin: US 'Ready for Another Revolution'

Ex-veep candidate tells Tea Party Convention it's 'the future'

(Newser) - To chants of "run, Sarah, run," Sarah Palin told the Tea Party Convention last night that "America is ready for another revolution," and that the activists gathered to hear her speak would be the ones to carry it out. “This movement is the future of...

Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin Lead GOP Fundraising

He's got about $3M, and she's got $2.1M

(Newser) - Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin lead the pack of possible 2012 GOP presidential challengers when it comes to fundraising, with $2.9 million and $2.1 million coming in over the last year, respectively. Romney still had $1.1 million in the bank at the beginning of the year after...

Palin's PAC Chalks Up $1.4M
Palin's PAC
Chalks Up $1.4M

Palin's PAC Chalks Up $1.4M

Besides book, PAC bucks go to law firm, like-minded candidates

(Newser) - The $63,000 that went to buy up Sarah Palin's book was part of $1.4 million raised by her political action committee in the second half of 2009, documents show. Most of that was raised after Palin resigned as governor of Alaska. Another $65,000 was paid to an...

Poll: Majority Oppose Palin Run for Prez

71%, including 56% of Republicans, think she should sit out 2012

(Newser) - A majority of both Democrats and Republicans don't want to see Sarah Palin seeking the presidency in 2012, according to a CBS poll. Overall, 71% said they didn't want her to run, with 21% saying they did and 8% undecided. Among Republicans, 56% were against a Palin presidential bid. That...

Great News for Palin: GOP Poll Snubs Her
 Great News for 
 Palin: GOP Poll 
 Snubs Her 
nate silver

Great News for Palin: GOP Poll Snubs Her

Not one party leader sees her as the 2012 candidate

(Newser) - In a new survey of 109 Republican movers and shakers, not one named Sarah Palin as the likely presidential nominee in 2012. This is fabulous news for her, writes Nate Silver. After all, "2010/12 is "shaping up to be an anti-establishment cycle," he writes, and if the...

Palin: Drop 'Greener Than Thou' Act, Arnold
 Palin: Drop 'Greener 
 Than Thou' Act, Arnold 
CARIBOU BARBIE VS. GOVERNATOR

Palin: Drop 'Greener Than Thou' Act, Arnold

Feud erupts after Schwarzenegger questions climate stance

(Newser) - Two days after Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested her stance on climate change is based more on politics than scientific knowledge, Sarah Palin swung back, saying the California Republican should drop his “greener than thou” act. “Why is Governor Schwarzenegger pushing for the same sorts of policies in Copenhagen,”...

Huckabee Tied With Obama in 2012 Poll

Fox host polls stronger than any other Republican hopeful

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee would give Barack Obama a run for his money if an election were held today; he’s just 1% behind the commander in chief in a new Public Policy Polling survey. Among the 1,253 surveyed, 46% said they’d back Obama, 45% Huckabee. Despite the heat he...

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