Rumor Mill: Palin's Moving to Rhode Island

Soon-to-be-former Alaska governor focused on upcoming book

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin has no plans to take a new job, her lawyer tells the Washington Post. Though the departing Alaska governor has received “hundreds of credible offers”—including a pitch for a gig as a talk-show host—she hasn’t pursued any of them except a previously announced book deal, Thomas Van Flein says. More»

Quitting lets guv 'follow the money'

(NEWSER) - She says media sniping drove her from her job, but in fact, “the media invented Sarah Palin,” and now's her chance to cash in on that celebrity. “Can we stop pretending that Palin is interested in anything other than her own ambition?” Kathleen Parker asks in the Washington Post. “From her book contract alone, she never has to worry about money again,” and there’s talk of a TV show and a newspaper column. More»

(NEWSER) - Governor, VP candidate, and now author. Sarah Palin has signed on with HarperCollins to write a memoir that will be published next spring, reports the Anchorage Daily News. Palin will hire a collaborator but says she'll do most of the writing herself. Neither she nor the publisher will say how much she's getting paid, but the lawyer she hired got $12 million for Bill Clinton and $8.5 million for Alan Greenspan. More»

'1000%' certain there was no hanky panky, says ex wife

(NEWSER) - The former wife of Todd Palin's business partner has denied rumors that her ex-husband, Scott Richter, had an affair with Sarah Palin, Us magazine reports. "I can tell you with 1000% certainty, Sarah Palin never had an affair," said Debbie Richter, who was treasurer of Palin's gubernatorial campaign and now is the director of the oil-revenue fund that doles out payments to Alaska residents. The National Enquirer claimed this week that Palin had an affair in the '90s with a business partner of her husband. More»

She defends Limbaugh, votes for Newt

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin says she won't rule out entering the White House race if the Republicans end up with an open convention in August. "Anything is possible. I don't close any doors that perhaps would be open out there, so, no, I wouldn't close that door," she told CNN after voting in Alaska's Republican caucuses. "My plan is to be at that convention." Palin declined to tell CNN who she voted for, but told Fox she picked Newt Gingrich, calling him "the cheerful one." More»