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'Going Rogue' phenomenon may foreshadow something bigger

(NEWSER) - Just 5 days into her book tour, first-time author Sarah Palin is attracting crowds so huge and adoring that they're feeding speculation about her political future. The philosophy that moved one fan to call her "the female Ronald Reagan" is nothing new, experts tell Erika Bolstad of the Anchorage Daily News , "but Palin seems to have seized on something timely by putting her brand on common-sense conservatism." More»

Palin suggests Dem's '08 adviser lifted Alaska strategy

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin believes she might deserve some of the credit for President Obama's victory but not in the way some people in the McCain camp would have it. In Going Rogue, Palin points to her campaign for Alaska governor as having used the "Change" theme and suggests she may have inspired the Obama campaign, the Telegraph reports. More»

Same old Sarah: 'ever optimistic, weirdly ungrammatical'

(NEWSER) - Most reviewers agree Sarah Palin's Going Rogue is intriguing—mostly for the swipes at the McCain campaign and what Palin writes about her life off the political stage. Some takes:

• The book is "a crackling read of grudges recalled, and settled, in her favor, a rewriting of the 2008 campaign that makes Palin the heroine of every encounter," Margaret Carlson writes for Bloomberg . The message appears to be that "if only Sarah could have been Sarah, the course of history might have been different."

Right wing's leading light heaps praise on new book

(NEWSER) - Introducing into the public discourse the possibility that he has never read a book about policy, Rush Limbaugh today described Sarah Palin's forthcoming memoir, Going Rogue, as "truly one of the most substantive policy books I've read." He continued, "This woman, Gov. Palin, clearly is jazzed by policy, particularly environmental policy and energy policy." The former Alaska governor will celebrate the release of the book Tuesday by appearing on Limbaugh's radio show. More»

New 'author' irresistible to both right and left: parody editors

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin remains a major player on the national stage because "neither the left nor the right can get enough of her," write Richard Kim and Betsy Reed, the editors of Going Rouge, the parody that comes out the same day as the former Alaska governor's memoir, Going Rogue. They’re frankly afraid of their target, her fast-and-loose relationship with the truth, and the tenets of the political philosophy they dub "Palinism": "fact-free conspiracy, hollow patriotism and public religiosity." More»