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 Palin Memoir: 
 I Inspired 
 Obama's 'Change' 

Palin suggests Dem's '08 adviser lifted Alaska strategy

Nov 18, 09 5:30 AM CST
(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... More »

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HIPPIES STRIKE BACK

SF Store Gives Palin Profits to Help Save Alaska Wolves

100% goes to foundation fighting aerial hunting

Nov 17, 09 10:25 PM CST
(Newser) - A bookstore in San Francisco—probably not a locale Sarah Palin would consider “real America”—is donating all the profits from the sale of her book, Going Rogue, to an Alaska foundation that, among other things, helps to protect wolves from the aerial hunting the ex-governor ardently supports.... More »

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 Palin Slams 'Sexist' Newsweek 

Bloggers divided over Runner's World photo

Nov 17, 09 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin criticized Newsweek as “sexist” for using a photo from Runner’s World that shows her bare-legged in fitness gear for its cover. “The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now,” Palin wrote on Facebook. “When it comes to Sarah Palin, this 'news'... More »

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Richard Cohen

We Need an Institute to Study Sarah Palin

And George W. Bush should be the
one to build it

Nov 17, 09 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Dear George W. Bush: Instead of setting up some boring policy institute—there are already about 3,000 of them—why not spend your money on something important, like studying Sarah Palin. Set up the Institute for the Study of Sarah Palin, and “my check is in the mail,... More »

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John McCain • Richard Cohen • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin

Going Rogue: What Reviewers Are Saying 

Same old Sarah: 'ever optimistic, weirdly ungrammatical'

Nov 17, 09 11:22 AM CST
(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
... More »

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Her friends, foes, frenemies

 A Guide to Going Rogue 

Find out who gets bloodied in Palin's book

Nov 17, 09 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - It's the read all of Washington has been waiting for, but, alas, it has no index. Lest Sarah Palin's friends, foes, and frenemies be forced to read it all the way through to see how they made out, Politico's Jonathan Martin and Andy Barr offer a guide: Friends
... More »

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John McCain • Katie Couric • Joe Lieberman • memoir • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • McCain-Palin • Politico • Going Rogue

GOING COY

 Palin to Walters: 2012 
 'Not on My Radar,' But... 

'If people will have me, I will' do something in 2012

Nov 17, 09 9:35 AM CST
(AP) - Sarah Palin says that a 2012 presidential bid is "not on my radar," but wouldn't rule out playing some role in the next presidential election. "My ambition, if you will, my desire is to help our country in whatever role that may be, and I cannot predict... More »

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survey says

 Palin Not Fit for Presidency: Poll

Voters think Hillary Clinton would be swell, though

Nov 16, 09 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - With a blockbuster memoir and national tour, Sarah Palin is again grabbing headlines. But does she have what it takes for a 2012 presidential bid? The answer is a resounding “no,” according a CNN and Opinion Research poll. Only 28% believe she’s qualified for the nation’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • presidency • Mike Huckabee • president • Sarah Palin • Election 2012 • Republicans

 Palin on Fey's Parody: 
 'I Thought It Was Me' 

McCain campaign worried 'SNL' visit could be 'atrocious'

Nov 16, 09 2:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live to "neutralize" the effect of Tina Fey’s scathing impression, the former Alaska governor tells Oprah Winfrey. The campaign was “apprehensive” about having her appear on the show, thinking such an appearance could be "potentially atrocious." But Palin pushed... More »

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NEW NICKNAMES

 Current TV: 
 Palin a 'TWILF' 

Jury still out, sort of, on what that means

Nov 16, 09 1:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Let the Web 2.0 acronym wars commence! Al Gore’s Current TV took a swipe at multiple conservative leaders and the media in a cartoon video dubbed “Stupid Virus,” but its treatment of Sarah Palin has been singled out. In the video, Palin’s twitter handle is... More »

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Analysis

 Palin Will Be the 2012 Nominee 

Winner-take-all primaries favor unpopular Palin

Nov 16, 09 11:39 AM CST
(Newser) - She may be hugely polarizing, but Sarah Palin’s the odds-on favorite to win the GOP presidential nomination in 2012, thanks to the party’s winner-take-all primary system. The party establishment may not want Palin, but if she can maintain, say, 35% support in a multi-candidate field, she could win... More »

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 Levi Picking 
 'Porn' Over 
 Baby: Palin 

Sarah tells Oprah Johnston is too busy to see his son

Nov 16, 09 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - So much for not slamming Levi Johnston during her Oprah interview: Sarah Palin told Winfrey that her daughter’s babydaddy is too busy doing “porn” to visit his child. “Some of the things that he is doing is kind of heartbreaking,” Palin said when asked about Johnston’... More »

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BOOK REVIEW

'Sarah's Not Retreating, She's Reloading'

Going Rogue shows Palin as smart feminist with eye on presidency

Nov 16, 09 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The Sarah Palin who emerges on the pages of Going Rogue is a far cry from the "prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination," Melanie Kirkpatrick writes in the Wall Street Journal . Kirkpatrick finds a "nuanced" politician "capable of mastering complicated issues," and a... More »

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ANDREW SULLIVAN


 'The Wasilla 
 Whack-Job' 
 Reads My 
 Blog! 

Sarah Palin's threat of a libel suit goes a bit awry

Nov 15, 09 4:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Back in the day, public figures were cautioned not to pick fights with people who bought ink by the barrel—namely, newspaper publishers. In the age of the blogger, it's more important to guard against fueling your antagonists with the 21st-century version of ink: attention. Paging Sarah Palin: "The... More »

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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton: Karzai on the Hot Seat 

White House 'will expect more,' focused on defeating 'those who attacked us'

Nov 15, 09 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - It's time for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to put up or shut up, Hillary Clinton said today, underscoring the White House's heightened expectations of Kabul. "We are expecting there to be a major crimes tribunal, an anti-corruption commission," she told This Week, adding that the original Afghan... More »

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SUNDAY TALK SHOWS

 Clinton: 
 I'll Have 
 Coffee 
 With Palin 


Secretary says maybe she could change ex-gov's mind on some issues

Nov 15, 09 5:35 AM CST
(AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin over coffee. In an interview for broadcast today on NBC's Meet the Press, Clinton says she's never met the onetime GOP vice presidential hopeful and former Alaska governor and thinks it would be... More »

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(Newser) - Sarah Palin's book is already a sensation, and she hasn't even appeared on Oprah's couch yet. No question it will sell, but what other purposes might it serve for the self-styled rogue Republican, Andy Barr wonders in Politico . Herewith, his benchmarks to measure the book tour and media frenzy:
... More »

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meeting of the minds


 Limbaugh Loves 
 Palin Memoir 

Right wing's leading light heaps praise on new book

Nov 13, 09 5:40 PM CST
(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... More »

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OPINION

Truth-Twisting Palin Just Gets More Dangerous

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

Nov 13, 09 4:07 PM CST
(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,... More »

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book preview

 10 Juiciest Going Rogue Tidbits 

From what she left in (Couric sniping) to what she left out (an index)

Nov 13, 09 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The moment America has been waiting for is almost here—the release of Sarah Palin’s memoir Going Rogue is just days away! For those who can't wait, Azaria Jagger of Gawker details the 10 juiciest tidbits that have leaked so far:
  • John McCain: Palin claims his campaign
... More »

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