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Category: Sarah Palin | Main
Obama Group Targets 'Dangerous' Palin
Now that Sarah Palin and Rupert Murdoch are raking in the bucks with her Going Rogue-a-palooza, Obama’s forces are trying to cash in on it too.
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November 20, 2009 in Sarah Palin | Permalink | User Comments (147)
Palin – Brooks: She’s a Joke; Ifill: Don't Underestimate Her Appeal
Our Roundtable took up the question of Sarah Palin’s future in the Republican party.
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November 15, 2009 in Sarah Palin, This Week with George Stephanopoulos | Permalink | User Comments (110)
Will Palin Run? Can She Win?
Those are the two big questions that hang over the most spectacular book-a-palooza since Colin Powell’s “My American Journey” in 1995.
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November 13, 2009 in Books, Sarah Palin | Permalink | User Comments (154)
Winners/Losers in NY-23
Winners: Rahm Emanuel – for opening seat up with McHugh pick for Army Secretary. Losers: Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty – if you go for the kill, you gotta win.
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November 4, 2009 in Democrats, Health Care, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Washington | Permalink | User Comments (40)
Palin Fallin?
That’s what today’s Gallup poll finds. Only 40% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the once (and future?) national candidate. 50% see her unfavorably. That hasn’t dampened the hopes of booksellers who are bracing for the superstar of the...
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October 16, 2009 in Sarah Palin | Permalink | User Comments (111)
Palin Ripped by D.N.C. for Proposing to Voucherize Medicare
Sarah Palin may have handed her opponents a big weapon on Wednesday when she proposed voucherizing Medicare in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. My colleague, Teddy Davis has more: Sarah Palin came under fire from national Democrats on...
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September 9, 2009 in Democrats, Health Care, Sarah Palin | Permalink | User Comments (17)
Palin Re-Enters Health Debate While Quietly Stepping Away from McCain
The woman whose Facebook page made "death panels" a household phrase is re-entering the health-care debate with an op-ed in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal. My colleague, Teddy Davis has more:During last year's campaign, John McCain proposed scrapping the tax exclusion...
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September 9, 2009 in Republicans, Sarah Palin | Permalink | User Comments (57)
Biden: No More Concessions on Iran
Vice President Joe Biden has been pushing privately for a hard line on Iran, and in my exclusive "This Week" interview he hinted at a harder administration line to come. For now, he told me, President Obama’s offer to meet with Iran over its nuclear program remains “on the table.”
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July 5, 2009 in Iran, Iraq, Joe Biden , North Korea, Sarah Palin, The Economy, This Week with George Stephanopoulos | Permalink | User Comments (42)
Biden Rejects Palin Complaint She Was Victim of 'Political Blood Sport'
Vice President Joe Biden today rejected Gov. Sarah Palin's complaint that she had been the victim of political blood sport. During ABC's exclusive behind-the-scenes interview with Biden in Iraq airing Sunday on "This Week," the vice president -- -- the last person to run against Sarah Palin in the 2008 election -- told me he takes Palin at her word that her decision to step down was personal.
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July 4, 2009 in Joe Biden , Sarah Palin, This Week with George Stephanopoulos | Permalink | User Comments (429)
Is Sarah Palin the Future of the GOP?
Gov. Sarah Palin doesn't want to get "Quayled." Dan Quayle never got over the gaffes he made in the campaign when he ran for and became vice president in 1988. He became something of a national joke. Palin doesn't want...
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November 11, 2008 in Republicans, Sarah Palin | Permalink | User Comments (653)
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