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Election 2012 stories: 71 news summaries

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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"
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Republican candidate • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

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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presidential campaign • Barbara Walters • Sarah Palin • interview • vice presidential candidate • Election 2012 • Going Rogue • book tour • Sarah Palin Barbara Walters

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

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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John McCain • memoir • book reviews • Sarah Palin • Election 2012 • Going Rogue • Sarah Palin Going Rogue

DAVID BROOKS

Unassuming Thune Could Be GOP's Future

Nice-guy populist eyed as 2012 contender

Nov 13, 09 8:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The junior senator from South Dakota is starting to get a lot of attention from the less hysterical sections of the GOP as the party seeks to build on recent successes, writes David Brooks . John Thune never sounds like he's auditioning for a spot on talk radio, but instead puts... More »

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South Dakota • Republican Party • populism • David Brooks • John Thune • 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

OPINION

 How Palin Can 
 Make a Comeback 

Get ready for moose burgers in the White House

Nov 13, 09 1:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is despised by Democrats and distrusted by independents, but that doesn't mean they won't be "serving up moose burgers in the White House" by 2013, writes Matthew Continetti . Palin won the Alaska governorship in 2006 on a center-right, bipartisan platform. Using that playbook again and learning from... More »

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Ronald Reagan • independent voters • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

Interview

 Lieberman: I'll Back 
 Republicans 
 in 2010 

Sort-of Democrat says he'll 'call them as I see them'

Oct 30, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman says he “probably will support some Republicans in 2010” and may not seek the Democratic nomination in his own 2012 reelection campaign. “I’m going to call them as I see them,” he tells ABC News , saying he’s weary of “partisan, passionate, hardcore”... More »

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Republican • Joe Lieberman • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • independent • Election 2012 • Election 2010 • 2010

Fox News CEO Rules Out Presidential Bid in 2012

'I can't take the pay cut,' Roger Ailes jokes

Oct 23, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roger Ailes won’t run for president in 2012, despite appeals from friends and associates. The Fox News CEO says he thinks he’ll serve the nation better in his current role: “This country needs fair and balanced news more now than ever before, so I’m going to... More »

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CEO • president • Fox News • Roger Ailes • Election 2012

Analysis

 You Betcha: Palin Won't Run 

She has nothing to gain, and no hope of victory

Oct 21, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Schaller is so sure that Sarah Palin won’t run in 2012, and wouldn’t be nominated if she did, that he’s made a bet on it with fellow FiveThirtyEight.com writer Nate Silver. Schaller’s argument, in a nutshell, is that short of winning the presidency or... More »

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Republican nomination • Republican presidential primaries • Sarah Palin • poll numbers • Nate Silver • Election 2012 • 2012

OPINION

In 2012, GOP Goes With Heart (Palin) Over Head (Romney)

Who knows, maybe her star power will make her the next Reagan

Oct 20, 09 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - No matter what kind of gains Republicans make in the midterm elections next year, it’s going to be tough to unseat President Obama—and that’s why the GOP is going to choose Sarah Palin, its heart’s preferred candidate, over Mitt Romney, its head’s favorite. Or as... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Barry Goldwater • Richard Nixon • Ronald Reagan • Republican Party • Bob Dole • Sarah Palin • incumbents • Election 2012 • President Obama • midterm elections • presidential nominee

Poll Numbers

 Unemployment  
 Hasn't Helped 
 Sarah Palin 

Poll numbers fall with her low profile

Oct 20, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Political professionals largely applauded Sarah Palin’s flight from office, saying it would give her time to lie low, hone her message, and build her brand. But so far the disappearing act hasn’t helped with voters. A new Gallup poll found Palin’s favorable rating at 40%, its lowest... More »

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Facebook • Republican nomination • Sarah Palin • poll numbers • Election 2012

Limbaugh: Obama Nobel
a Bid to 'Emasculate' US

Rush, fellow conservatives jump all over award

Oct 9, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh doesn’t think the Nobel committee members were trying to honor President Obama—he thinks they’re trying to “emasculate" the United States. “With this ‘award’ the elites of the world are urging Obama, THE MAN OF PEACE, to not do the surge in Afghanistan,... More »

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Barack Obama • Rush Limbaugh • Mike Huckabee • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • Election 2012 • President Obama • Michael Steele

 McCain Warms to Romney 2012 

Former rival lends his name to big fundraiser

Oct 1, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney let bygones be bygones when he campaigned for John McCain last year, forgetting an acrimonious relationship with his erstwhile rival for the GOP presidential nomination. Now, McCain appears to be repaying the favor and ginning up support for the former Massachusetts governor’s 2012 bid, reports the Boston ... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Bobby Jindal • Republican nomination • political endorsement • Election 2008 • presidential election • Election 2012

 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

 Pawlenty 
 Launches 
 PAC 

Committee seen as another sign of upcoming presidential run

Sep 22, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty is taking yet another step toward a presidential run by launching a political action committee, the Washington Post reports. The PAC, dubbed “Freedom First,” will allow Pawlenty to travel the country, build a national network, and donate funds to state and federal candidates. Its first... More »

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Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • political action committees • Election 2012

 Pawlenty Rips Obama's 
 Pre-9/11-Style 'Appeasement' 

Blasts talks with Iran, N. Korea, says similar moves didn't stop Nazis, Soviets, terrorists

Sep 18, 09 10:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a possible Republican presidential contender in 2012, tonight compared President Obama’s diplomatic moves on Iran, North Korea and the missile shield to pre-World War II and pre-9/11 “appeasement,” Politico reports. “The lessons of history are clear,” he told Christian conservatives. “... More »

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Iran • Mitt Romney • North Korea • missile shield • Nazi • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • foreign policy • appeasement • 9/11 attacks • Election 2012 • President Obama • Values Voters Summit

 Petraeus 2012? 
 GOP Mulls New 
 Candidates 

Republicans take hope in Obama's lowered poll numbers

Sep 4, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - With President Obama’s poll numbers sinking, Republicans are feeling more confident about 2012—and eying a new crop of potential candidates, Politico reports. Among them: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former GOP congressman who’s slammed Obama but is also ready to criticize his own party, and Gen. David... More »

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Dick Cheney • politics • David Petraeus • Republican Party • Republican candidate • Joe Scarborough • Election 2012 • President Obama • Mitch Daniels

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin has no plans to challenge Joe Lieberman for his Senate seat in 2012, USA Today reports. The actor’s spokesman says he wants the Connecticut independent to retain his position because of the paucity of moderate Republicans in the Senate. In a recent Playboy interview, Baldwin... More »

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entertainment • Senate • Alec Baldwin • Joe Lieberman • Connecticut • 30 Rock • actor • independent • Election 2012

Interview

Policy-Wonk Pawlenty Steers Clear of Wackos


Aug 20, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Voters are “ticked off and scared,” by Barack Obama’s health care plans, says Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, because those plans are “out of step with common sense, out of step with the notion that the government isn’t going to run everything.” Pawlenty, an oft-mentioned... More »

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Mitt Romney • Tim Pawlenty • health care reform • Election 2012

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