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Palin still center stage
November 10, 2008 12:30 PM
ABC News' David Chalian Reports: Gov. Sarah Palin is clearly not ready to relinquish the spotlight following her defeat with John McCain on the Republican presidential ticket last Tuesday. The Republican Governors Association has announced today that Gov. Palin will be the featured guest at its annual conference later this week in Miami, Florida.
Gov. Palin is set to be a featured speaker at a panel discussion entitled, "Looking Toward the Future." Other featured speakers expected to partake on the panel are General Tommy Franks, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), Bill Kristol, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), and Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC). (Try to count on one hand how many of those folks have 2012 circled on their calendars.)
In addition to delivering remarks at the panel discussion, Gov. Palin also plans to hold a Thursday morning press availability where she is likely to face some questions about her role in the campaign and her future in the party.
It will be hard to miss Gov. Palin this week. Not only is the former vice presidential candidate attending the first high profile gathering of Republican elected officials after the party suffered severe losses last week, but she is also sitting down with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren and NBC News' Matt Lauer for her first nationally televised interviews since the campaign.
In the days following John McCain's loss to Barack Obama, the Palin fallout has been the dominant story line on the Republican side of the ledger. News accounts of anonymous McCain campaign aides accusing Gov. Palin of having little knowledge of world affairs (and geography) coupled with more details spilling out about her now infamous wardrobe lingered for days after the campaign came to a close. Gov. Palin met with reporters in Alaska on Friday to pushback on those accusations and to call the anonymous sources doing the leaking, "cowards." An aide to Gov. Palin, Meg Stapleton, spoke to ABC News' Kate Snow last week defending Gov. Palin from these accusations that emerged after the election.
The annual gathering of the Republican Governors Association falls on the heels of a tough election cycle for the GOP and will serve as the first opportunity for many party leaders and potential future standard bearers to regroup and begin to put forth the face, message, and mission of the Republican Party at the start of the Obama era.
November 10, 2008 in Palin, Sarah, Vote 2008: Republicans | Permalink | User Comments (1006)
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She did not go shopping one time.
The Africa thing was taken out of context.
No, she will not go away she will only get stronger
thank you to the Democrats for keeping her out in the
public eye.
Posted by: jane | Nov 10, 2008 12:57:02 PM
I don't have much to positively say about Gov. Palin but she does have a point. If you feel strongly enough to speak publicly about someone be strong enough to put your name to it. Otherwise you're just a whiny little baby.
Posted by: counselor | Nov 10, 2008 12:57:30 PM
You all need to do your homework because you are all wrong.
Posted by: jane | Nov 10, 2008 12:55:11 PM
Please explain.
Posted by: Jwench | Nov 10, 2008 12:58:04 PM
I say let her keep talking - in fact, I hope the conservatives do nominate her in 2012. It would guarantee another Democratic win because the Republicans cannot win without moderates and independents and none of us are crazy enough to vote for her! Palin 2012!
Posted by: allier | Nov 10, 2008 12:58:14 PM
I love the "cutthroat" reference. If you can't even handle a Couric interview, you are certainly not ready to be vice-president.
Posted by: DavidBerkley | Nov 10, 2008 12:58:31 PM
Maybe Alaska can get back to their separation from the union now--
Posted by: tom | Nov 10, 2008 12:59:36 PM
Sarah:
How can we miss you if you won't go away?
Posted by: kgb | Nov 10, 2008 12:59:46 PM
the Greta interview will be powder puff...how can I help build you back up Sarah.
Matt might slip in a question looking for an intelligent question.
the governors meeting will be tough, those are some smart republicans.
i didn't vote for her but with some time & hard work(national & international) Sarah can make a comeback...............until Tina shows up
Posted by: indy | Nov 10, 2008 1:00:15 PM
She is practical? In what, milking $ anyway she can? She charges Alaska for living in her own house, charges thousands to RNC. Wait till Romney chews her alive.
Posted by: Phil | Nov 10, 2008 1:00:22 PM
Relax everybody. The Alaska legislature does not reconvene until January 20, 2009 (I just looked it up via Google). She has time in her schedule to sit for interviews, go to conferences, and do other things that other governors are currently doing. The only difference is that she has a current higher profile than other governors. It's not like she has an office trsnsition to do (like Senators Obama and Biden). And even Senator Biden found time to go to the Eagles-Giants game last night.....
Posted by: Rahn Hasbargen | Nov 10, 2008 1:00:55 PM
Wonder if she'll be "modeling" the "Republican's Wardrobe" at this event or has it been donated to charity? If so, what charity?
Posted by: JukeboxJunkie | Nov 10, 2008 1:02:13 PM
I'm so sick of this lady. She does not speak for me or to me. However, she does represent everything that is wrong with America. Go away and let the grown ups work now, Sarah.
Posted by: EvenStill | Nov 10, 2008 1:02:19 PM
Why is it that people just can't come out with what they really think about Palin? She never sat through a Sunday Morning talk show. She never was asked the Political Questions all Canidates were asked and because the media never brought up facts of her life history it just seems to me that everyone is afraid to speak the truth. TELL IT LIKE IT IS
Posted by: Jim | Nov 10, 2008 1:02:36 PM
As long as the press keeps covering her, she will not go away. So lets focus on important things like the war in Iraq, and relegate Ms. Palin to some frozen tundra.
Posted by: Ray Acevedo-Flores | Nov 10, 2008 1:02:49 PM
That is some "hockey-mom" dressed in $3,000 jackets and $500 shoes. Really? you think those are going back? And while I understand that her Alaska flannels may not go over all that well on the campaign trail, I think you can get a decent Banana Repuplic suit for $300. Who does she think she is kidding here? Anyomous source or not, there is no excuse to her $150K wardrobe and buying clothes for her kids and husband?? She is far beyond a joke at this point. What she is doing is criminal.
Posted by: Kristy | Nov 10, 2008 1:03:03 PM
Why don't they just call it "The Losers Conference"? If the GOP hasn't learned that the only thing Palin energized was their religious base and that isn't going to win them elections anymore,they deserve to lose for decades to come.
Posted by: sane democrat | Nov 10, 2008 1:03:07 PM
Scraping the bottom of the barrel,she is decredit to the republican party.My gosh many out there better then she will ever be.
Posted by: indp voter | Nov 10, 2008 1:03:24 PM
The comment about Africa was taken out of context in her practice debate.
She did not go shop for clothes, they went out and bought several different sizes and many were returned all the other clothes will be donated or auctioned off and then the $$ donated to charity.
The Couric interview was edited to death.
You will find out that she is extremely intelligent and that is what everyone seems to be afraid of.
Posted by: jane | Nov 10, 2008 1:03:30 PM
It looks so clear that it was an "inside job" from the obama campaing to disgrace her. It stinks so bad....
That is the way the obama people work. How come the "so called elect president" hasnt shown his personal documents, like birth certificate, (is nos american) medical records, school records, job records, etc, etc, ets.
Posted by: tutilal | Nov 10, 2008 1:04:12 PM
Honestly? This is the stupid media's fault. I can't believe they're asserting that she's refusing to go away because she's going to speak at some Governor's conference in Florida. Okay - show of hands, please. How many of you would even know there was such a conference if they hadn't reported on it?
Posted by: e-wench | Nov 10, 2008 1:04:23 PM
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