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Nate Silver

 Why Palin Can Win 
 GOP Nomination 

Her "brand" is mighty, and she'll get a lift in 2010 elections

Nov 18, 09 12:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Nate Silver thinks Sarah Palin will run for president in 2012 and warns that it's foolish to dismiss her chances of getting the GOP nomination "given the makeup and mood of the Republican primary electorate. " He lays out specifics at FiveThirtyEight.com :
  • Enthusiasm: Her "brand"
... More »

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Republican candidate • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

JOE CONASON

Dobbs 2012: A Nightmare
for Republicans

Ex-anchor could split the tea-bagger vote as an independent

Nov 13, 09 5:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Lou Dobbs has dropped big hints that he plans a career in politics, and the GOP should be worried, warns Joe Conason. A presidential run by Dobbs seems like a strong possibility, but he won't be running as a Republican, Conason writes for Salon . Instead, the newly departed CNN anchor... More »

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Republican Party • CNN • Lou Dobbs • third party candidacy • presidential candidates • Election 2012 • birther

 Outside DC, Palin's Still a Star 

VP candidate popular, but she may have goofed with resignation

Sep 29, 09 5:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Call her a quitter or a laughingstock, but Sarah Palin is still one of the most popular figures in the Republican Party—as admired by local leaders as she is doubted in Washington. A Politico survey of grassroots GOP members nationwide found particular support for her among Westerners, many of... More »

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Republican Party • grassroots • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012 • Republicans

OPINION

 Keys to Palin's 2012 Run 

Sophia Nelson offers the candidate-to-be some sage advice

Jul 3, 09 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - So Sarah Palin is going to run for president, writes Sophia Nelson for the Huffington Post—her ambition, stated when she announced her resignation today, to "affect positive change from outside government,” is merely “code” for a 2012 bid. So, as a fellow Republican woman, Nelson offers... More »

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Mitt Romney • presidential campaign • GOP • conservative • nominee • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

ANALYSIS

2012 Presidential Bid Hardly Slam Dunk for Palin

Conservatives see move as highly erratic

Jul 3, 09 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Sarah Palin truly does intend to run for president, her decision to resign as Alaska governor could give her more freedom to pursue the nomination, writes Jonathan Martin for Politico. But Palin’s move is risky: In her announcement, she said she didn’t want the continued ethics investigations... More »

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Alaska • Republican • GOP • nomination • Republican nomination • governor • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

UPDATED

 Palin Will Step Down 

Alaska Gov. keeps her options open for 2012 presidential run

Jul 3, 09 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin will resign as Alaska governor July 26 rather than seek re-election next year, she said today. Giving up the governorship opens up Palin’s schedule to devote herself for a possible bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, KTUU-TV reports. Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will become governor. More »

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Alaska • Republican • GOP • Lieutenant General • Republican candidate • governor • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • women's issues • Sean Parnell

(Newser) - John Edwards is spending a lot of time out of the spotlight these days, but that doesn’t mean he’s given up his trademark fight against poverty, he tells the Washington Post. “If I can help the most by working quietly, that’s what I’ll do,”... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • poverty • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • Rielle Hunter • extramarital affair

OPINION




 How Palin Can 
 Get the 2012 Nod 

Leave Alaska, grab a good staff, and be yourself

Jun 16, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don’t write off Sarah Palin as the 2012 Republican nominee: Roger Simon says she’s got what it takes to get there, with a little fine-tuning. He offers her seven steps in Politico:
  • Leave Alaska behind. Don’t run for governor in 2010; instead, hang out in the
... More »

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Republican Party • candidate • nominee • Republican candidate • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

GOP Rivals Slowly Emerge for 2012 Battle

Barbour, Pawlenty
only the first to begin making political waves

Jun 4, 09 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 2008 presidential campaign was one of the longest in history, but be prepared: As the Washington Post reports, the 2012 race may be even longer. With the Republican Party at its weakest point in decades, possible challengers to Barack Obama are already scrambling for position. The latest: Mississippi governor... More »

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Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Haley Barbour • presidential candidates • presidential election • John Thune • Mark Sanford • Election 2012

Reformist Withdraws From Iran Election

Ex-president aims
to unite reform vote
behind political ally

Mar 16, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran’s reformist ex-president will drop out of June’s presidential election to make more room for a fellow reformist, the New York Times reports. Mohammad Khatami "does not want to compete with Mir-Hossein Mousavi,” a political analyst said. Mousavi, a former PM, joined the race last week.... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Mohammad Khatami • presidential candidates • election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

(Newser) - Most also-ran candidates slip off quietly once the presidential campaign is over, and yet the media is still interested in what John McCain has to say. The attention is undeserved, Paul Waldman writes in the American Prospect. McCain’s signature issue, earmarks, is “as substantively empty as could be,... More »

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Congress • John McCain • media • Senate • earmarks • journalist • presidential candidates • Election 2008

 Palin Seeks 
 'Sign From 
 God' on 
 2012 Run 

Governor says 2012 run will depend on God showing her an 'open door'

Nov 11, 08 4:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin plans to let a higher power guide her to higher office, she told Fox News last night. The governor wouldn't commit to a White House run in 2012 in her first post-campaign TV interview—but said she has always prayed for God to "show me where the... More »

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GOP • Republican Party • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

 Obama 'Auntie' 
 Lives in Boston 
 Public Housing 

Zeituni Onyango trying to stay out of campaign spotlight

Oct 30, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Across town from Barack Obama’s Ivy League alma mater, his “Auntie Zeituni” has been living in a public-housing apartment decorated with photos of the Democrat. Zeituni Onyango—a tall, feisty woman Obama writes about meeting in Kenya—works for a stipend as a resident health advocate but made... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • Boston • presidential race • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • Barack Obama Sr.

 Esquire 
 Endorses 
 Obama ... Kinda 

He might be unable to define what change means, but Barack's the only horse in the race, say mag's editors

Oct 8, 08 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama "is the only possible choice to lead the country," says Esquire, though the magazine’s position is less an endorsement of Obama and more a treatise against John McCain. Obama has failed to define his key campaign theme of change “except as all those things... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • political endorsement • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • presidential election • George W. Bush • Esquire

(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain were hit with blunt questions tonight about how they would "bail out" Americans hurt by the staggering economy. In the second of three debates, this one a town hall-style face-off, the candidates fielded questions from an audience of 80 undecided voters and moderator Tom... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential debate • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • Tom Brokaw

Analysis

Mac Runs Hot, Obama Cool

Voters compare gambler mentality v. calm thinker as they react to crises

Sep 28, 08 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Crises like the Georgian conflict and the credit crunch have revealed how differently Barack Obama and John McCain would rule. McCain’s fitting moniker is Mr. Hot, write John Meacham and Evan Thomas in Newsweek. By suspending his campaign, gambling on Sarah Palin, and see-sawing on the economy, McCain shows... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential debate • presidential candidates • Election 2008

analysis

Both Campaigns See Risk, Reward in Wobbly Wall Street

Neither candidate is solid on market crisis, but each can spin it to his strengths

Sep 16, 08 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wall Street’s troubles pose a challenge for both candidates, though because his party hasn’t held the White House for nearly 8 years, Barack Obama has a slight leg up, writes Gerald Seib in the Wall Street Journal. Neither ticket has a strong market background, with John McCain more... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Wall Street • Merrill Lynch • Lehman Brothers • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • campaign tactics

OPINION

Stop Bashing Washington Insiders; You'll Need Them

Consensus within the establishment is necessary for change

Sep 15, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Voters have loved to hate Washington insiders since Washington’s founding, and politicians have sought to capitalize on those feelings for just as long. So it makes sense that even the GOP ticket, fortified by Sarah Palin, is running as an outsider insurgency. But, Norman Ornstein points out in the... More »

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Congress • Washington • president • filibuster • presidential candidates • change • Sarah Palin

 Obama Keeps Mum on Palin 

Focuses on McCain, avoids fueling Palin fever

Sep 14, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has maintained near-silence on the subject of Sarah Palin, a quiet amplified by his newfound willingness to aggressively attack John McCain, reports the Los Angeles Times. Her name is rarely mentioned outside of references to the McCain-Palin ticket; when asked directly about her, he switches the focus back... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • presidential campaign • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

 Batman or Spidey?
 McCain, Obama Weigh In

Candidates reveal pop-culture picks

Aug 8, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Closet ABBA fan: Obama or McCain? The two presidential hopefuls recently bared all to Entertainment Weekly, revealing their pop-culture preferences:
  • Favorite superhero: Obama: Spiderman, McCain: Batman
  • iPod playlist: Obama: Frank Sinatra, Sheryl Crow, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan; McCain: Roy Orbison, Linda Rhonstadt, Usher, and yes, ABBA
More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Indiana Jones • Spider-Man • Jerry Seinfeld • pop culture • Bambi • Batman • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • ABBA

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