politico.com - 11/18/2009
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The Democratic National Committee has been, for days emailing reporters gleefully about Sarah Palin's media blitz, feeding the flames of what officials there see as a distraction for and a threat to the Republican Party.
This morning, they're circulating a memo to local press in the places ...
cbsnews.com - 11/17/2009
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cbsnews.com —
She may be among the biggest names in
politics at the moment, but former Republican vice presidential...
candidate Sarah Palin is not exactly America's sweetheart. Just 23 percent of those surveyed in a new CBS News poll have a favorable view of the ...
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Poll: Less Than 1 in 4 Have Favorable View of Palin
politics.theatlantic.com - 11/17/2009
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In her new book, former Alaska Gov.. Sarah
Palin describes the push-and-pull between John McCain's campaign headquarters...
and her plucky "B" team on the road. As Palin recounts it, her natural instincts to reach real voters and reach out to the press ...
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E-mails Portray Palin Campaign Trail Chaos
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DNC After Palin's Book: What's Next, Book Burning?
Riehl World View —
... You may recall that one of the earliest false charges against Sarah Palin had to do with her allegedly wanting to ban books from school libraries. That wasn't the case. Fast forward to the same political machine in the form of the DNC desperately trying to do all they can to prevent more people from reading Palin's book, ...
The Democratic National Committee's email to reporters located in places on the Sarah Palin book tour.
Althouse —
"This book tour has only reinforced the tabloid aspects of her profile, wasted a platform to add substance, driven deeper the schisms in the Republican party and sucked the oxygen out of the room for anyone else to emerge. So, God bless." ...
PDS at the DNC
GayPatriot —
... DNC Press Secretary Hari Sevugan practically foams at the mouth when discussing the former Republican governor with a record of bipartisan achievement: ...
BlogTalk: Parsing Palin
The Caucus —
... , for one, seems to be gleeful about the book’s reception, writes Ben Smith on Politico, saying that her reemergence “spells political disaster for the G.O.P. going into 2010 and beyond.’’ A D.N.C. memo sent out to local press covering Ms. Palin’s book tour, tries to make the case that the memoir is “political payback” and “fiction.” The D.N.C.’s press secretary, Hari Sevugan, said this in an e-mail to Mr. Smith:“This book tour has only reinforced the tabloid aspects of her profile, wasted a platform to add substance, driven deeper the schisms in the Republican party and ...
Sarah Palin Quote of the Week
Taylor Marsh —
... The DNC is on a hair Palin trigger, it seems, and sent out a Palin memo in advance of her hitting the battleground state. Ben Smith has it and here are some highlights, or lowlights, depending on your point of view, especially considering the title, which is wishful thinking on the DNC’s part. They should have listened to Norah O’Donnell, because they’re pulling a Newsweek, not on the sexist front, but on pillorying her, which just draws her fans even closer. ...
Palin on Hannity: Not Bitter, but not Presidential Either
GayPatriot —
... It seems that many of Sarah Palin’s critics are pushing the narrative that the former Alaska Governor has used her book and is using her book tour to settle old scores. They have bought into the Democratic talking point that the book in “political payback“. A headline in the Washington Times (of all places!) echoed this talking point by saying ...
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DNC asks supporters to take on Palin's 'lies'
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 10/29/2009 — (CNN) - The Democratic National Committee is taking fresh aim at Sarah Palin, encouraging supporters to attack the former Alaska governor on Facebook in order to "debunk her lies."
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Leave Palin Alone
thedailybeast.com 11/16/2009 — Sarah Palin Al Grillo / AP Photo As her autobiography hits bookstores, Sarah Palin is facing a fresh assault from the punditocracy. Lee Siegel on why she is the very embodiment of American democracy. An uncle of mine used to have two male dachsunds. ...
The scene in Grand Rapids —
First Read 11/18/2009
From NBC's Andrea MitchellGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- More than 1,500 people camped out overnight outside the Woodland Mall here for the chance to return later and get a book signed by Sarah Palin -- the first stop on her book tour.
People had driven for ...
The media's hypocrisy on Palin —
First Read 11/18/2009
From NBC's Mark WhitakerSarah Palin hardly needs defending. She prides herself on being a supportive hockey mom, but she can lace on skates and deliver hard checks into the glass with the best of them. Still, while watching and listening to a lot of ...
McCain defends Schmidt, Wallace —
First Read 11/18/2009
From NBC's Mark MurrayJohn McCain today picked up the phone and called Reuters to defend Steve Schmidt and Nicolle Wallace -- who worked for him in the last year's presidential campaign -- from the charges that Sarah Palin has made about them in her ...
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