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McCain Picks Palin

John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his VP choice. The socially conservative mother of five is both the state’s first woman governor and, at 42, its youngest.

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November 2008
- Fox's Van Susteren Nabs First Post-Election Palin Chat
  
  Los Angeles Times | Nov 7, 08 4:14 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Fox News host Greta Van Susteren beat out a slew of prominent journalists for the first post-election interview with Sarah Palin, the Los Angeles Times reports. Van Susteren has defended the Alaska governor against a recent storm of criticism from unnamed McCain aides, and will allow the former candidate to respond to recent charges in chats taped Sunday and Monday for Monday broadcast. More »
- You've Changed, Sarah, and So Have We
  
  Los Angeles Times | Nov 7, 08 9:50 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Alaska Sarah Palin comes home to isn’t the same as the one she left, reports the LA Times . The governor's approval ratings have plunged—from 80% to a “mere mortal 65%”—but not as steeply as the price of oil, which makes up most of the state's revenues. Palin, now seen as a strident partisan rather than a pragmatist, may also have a harder time striking the necessary compromises, with opponents emboldened by the GOP collapse. More »
- Palin Planned Concession Speech
  
  New York Times | Nov 6, 08 8:31 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin arrived for John McCain’s final rally with her own speech in hand, the New York Times reports, to be told, firmly, by McCain’s top advisers that VP candidates do not get the microphone on election nights, win or lose. Her ambition to take the stage reinforced the McCain camp’s festering certainty that the Alaska governor has had her eye trained well beyond 2008, the sorest of many grievances that poisoned relations between the running mates. More »
- Palin 'Didn't Know Africa Is a Continent'
  
  Chicago Tribune | Nov 6, 08 2:38 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin's shaky grasp of geography stressed out the McCain campaign, the Chicago Tribune reports. A Fox News reporter, sworn to secrecy until after the election, said a campaign insider told him Palin was unaware that Africa was a continent rather than a single country, and she was unable to name the three members of NAFTA—Mexico, the US, and Canada. More »
- Spree May Have Exceeded $150K
  
  Newsweek | Nov 5, 08 7:27 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - And you thought $150,000 was a lot to spend on clothes. A McCain campaign aide tells Newsweek that Sarah Palin spent "tens of thousands" more than that, with up to $40,000 going to husband Todd's wardrobe. Other sources say that most of the money came from one wealthy GOP donor, who was said to be shocked when the bill came due. More »
- Palin May Eye Senate Stop on Road to 2012
  
  Washington Post | Nov 5, 08 11:17 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - If Sarah Palin makes a run for the presidency in 4 years—a widely anticipated possibility—she'll need a more visible post than the governorship of Alaska, writes the Washington Post . Palin might well gun to polish her resume in the Senate, especially if a victorious Ted Stevens is forced out of office. Although Palin commands a deep allegiance from the conservative faithful, the former VP nominee will face stiff competition for the 2012 nod. More »
- If Not Elected VP, Palin Hopes to Be a 'Uniter'
  
  CNN | Nov 4, 08 4:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin hopes to become a less divisive figure in national politics, assuming she’s not headed to Washington with John McCain, the vice-presidential nominee said after voting today in Alaska, CNN reports. “If there is a role in national politics, it won’t be so much partisan,” Palin said. “It would certainly be a uniter type of role.” More »
- Canadian DJ Chalks Palin Prank Up to Perseverance
  
  ABC News | Nov 3, 08 2:49 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The French-Canadian radio host who fooled Sarah Palin into thinking he was French president Nicolas Sarkozy chalks up his coup to simple hard work. “Call it luck, call it perseverance, call it what you want,” Marc-Antoine Audette tells ABC about Saturday’s 7-minute interview. He says his staff spent 4 days working the phones before eventually scoring the exclusive. More »
- Palin: Chronicle Suppressed Obama Coal Interview
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Nov 3, 08 7:07 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin apparently believes the San Francisco Chronicle suppressed a January interview with Barack Obama, in which he threatens to bankrupt the coal industry. “You gotta listen to the tape,” Palin told an Ohio crowd yesterday. “Why is this audio tape just now surfacing? This interview was given many months ago.” To the crowd, the answer was obvious—“Liberal media!” someone shouted—but the Chronicle says it posted the interview in full online in January. More »
- Ground Broken, But Not Glass Ceiling
  
  Washington Post | Nov 2, 08 10:48 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - If Barack Obama wins the presidency, we’ll have broken a major barrier—but not the glass ceiling, writes Anne Kornblut in the Washington Post . Hillary Clinton claimed millions of votes and Sarah Palin energized a lackluster conservative base overnight, but as their candidacies descended into chaos, Kornblut asks "whether the first woman's path to the White House was eased this year—or whether Clinton and Palin simply unearthed the land mines without defusing any." More »
- Palin: Media Threatening My First Amendment Rights
  
  ABC News | Nov 1, 08 11:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin seems to think the Constitution is supposed to protect her from criticism. On a conservative radio show, Palin said the media is unfairly attacking her for her shots at Obama on Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright, and that if the media “convinces enough voters that that is negative campaigning, then I don’t know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media.” More »
October 2008
- Friend Markets Palin Calendar
  
  Los Angeles Times | Oct 31, 08 2:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A friend of Sarah Palin’s is cashing in on the mania for the candidate with a calendar, the Los Angeles Times reports. Photographer Judy Patrick, who was also Palin’s deputy mayor in Wasilla, Alaska, snapped Palin playing hockey and holding a shotgun. She gave some photos to the campaign but had enough leftovers for a 13-month calendar. Available soon at Barnes & Noble (really). More »
- McCain Ally Blasts Palin's Readiness
  
  Huffington Post | Oct 31, 08 1:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Lawrence Eagleburger, one of five former secretaries of state whose endorsement John McCain often touts, sharply criticized Sarah Palin yesterday, saying she is not ready to handle the presidency if needed and would at best be an “adequate” commander in chief, the Huffington Post reports. Asked if Palin would be ready to assume the top spot, Eagleburger replied, “Of course not.” More »
- NYT Poll Finds Growing Doubts About Palin
  
  New York Times | Oct 30, 08 9:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin continues to hurt his chances of winning Tuesday's election, a poll from the New York Times and CBS shows. In the survey, 59% of voters said Palin is not qualified to be vice president, up 9 points in a month. About a third of voters said the VP choice would be a major factor in how they vote, and most of those people are picking Barack Obama. More »
- Palin Coverage Negative by 18-1: Study
  
  Politico | Oct 30, 08 5:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A study from a right-wing media watchdog says coverage of Sarah Palin on the big three TV networks has been overwhelmingly negative, Politico reports. NBC, CBS, and ABC broadcast 69 stories on Palin between September 29 and October 12, of which the Culture and Media Institute considered 37 negative, 30 neutral, and two positive. That adds up to a negative-positive ratio of 18-1. More »
- Mock Her at Your Peril: Palin Speaks Real American
  
  National Review | Oct 30, 08 1:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The discomfort Sarah Palin causes in liberals, and even many conservatives, stems from a fundamental disconnect between the educated elite and real America, Michael Novak writes in the National Review . Solid, humble citizens hear a familiar ring to Palin’s oft-mocked accent: “The same guts. The same common sense. The same instincts. The same sense of America.” More »
- Palin Plans to Stick Around if GOP Loses
  
  ABC News | Oct 30, 08 4:04 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin thinks the American people will pick the GOP ticket on Tuesday but she's not planning to disappear from the national stage, win or lose. "I'm not doing this for naught," the candidate told an ABC interviewer. She vowed she wouldn't "give up and wave a white flag of surrender" against "some of the political shots that we've taken." More »
- Conservatives Plan Future With Palin
  
  New York Times | Oct 29, 08 11:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A “who’s who of conservative leaders” will meet in Virginia next Wednesday to plot their movement’s future, and the top item on their agenda will be Sarah Palin. Win or lose, many see Palin as the new face of the Republican party, the New York Times reports. Despite all the criticisms, Palin remains a star among conservatives, who are eying her for a 2012 run if McCain loses. More »
- Mac Aides: Palin 'Going Rogue'
  
  CNN | Oct 28, 08 5:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin is acting like she's more concerned with Palin 2012 than McCain 2008, disgruntled McCain staffers tell CNN. They say the candidate is increasingly going off-message, including at a recent Florida rally where she addressed the $150,000 wardrobe controversy by declaring that the clothes "are not my property—just like the lighting and the staging and everything else that the RNC purchased." More »
- GOP Plays What-If Game With Lieberman, Romney, Ridge
  
  New York Observer | Oct 27, 08 3:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Given the damage Sarah Palin has done to John McCain’s chances, Steve Kornacki, in the New York Observer , joins Republicans in wondering about the also-rans. Tom Ridge, Joe Lieberman, and Mitt Romney were unpalatable, either personally to the candidate or politically to the party. The first two would have drawn “middle-of-the road voters whose support he has steadily lost this fall— thanks in no small part to Palin.” More »

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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, vice chair of the National Governors Association Natural Resources Committee, is pictured before a session on energy at an association meeting in this file photo.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, vice chair of the National Governors Association Natural Resources Committee, is pictured before a session on energy at an association meeting in this file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

First-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks in her office in Anchorage, Alaska in a Thursday Aug. 14, 2008 file photo.

First-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks in her office in Anchorage, Alaska in a Thursday Aug. 14, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

At left, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces her endorsement of Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, center, in his run for Alaska's congressional seat Friday, March 14, 2008.

At left, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces her endorsement of Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, center, in his run for Alaska's congressional seat Friday, March 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael Dinneen)

In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo, Todd Palin, right, holds the Bible for his wife, Sarah Palin, as she is sworn in as Alaska's governor during an inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska.

In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo, Todd Palin, right, holds the Bible for his wife, Sarah Palin, as she is sworn in as Alaska's governor during an inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

"Gove. Palin is a terrific contrast to the all Washington ticket of Obama-Biden. She is a wonderful contrast to Biden, and a truly outside-the-Beltway pick," one Republican strategist said. (AP Photo)

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