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Palin's First Press Conference Since VP Nod
Politics Daily —
... Alaska Governor and former future Vice President Sarah Palin gave her first real press conference (video below) since being nominated for the nation's 2nd highest office. The Q&A took place at the National Association of Republican Governors conference, and CNN, via ...
Thursday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... the Obama administration. * The Republican governors not named Sarah Palin were less than pleased with her press conference today. * Be on the lookout for ...
Unbelievable: GOP governors sniping at Palin over press conference
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... To my fellow bloggers: The next time you get an e-mail from someone saying it’s time to organize a conservative netroots, bear in mind that it’s these morons, by and large, whom that person wants you to support. The same people who couldn’t muster a judgment on the bailout independent of Nancy Pelosi being a ...
Move Over, Fellini
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Here's the Palin presser video. See if you can locate any substance, any mention of actual policy, in her remarks. I couldn't:
Some of the other governors were squirming:
The GOP governors spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity. One called it awkward: “I’m sure you could see it on some of our faces.” Another Republican governor eyeing a presidential run in 2012 told CNN the event was “odd” and “weird,” and said it “unfortunately sent a message that she was the de facto leader of the party." There has been ...
Off and Running
N/A —
Sarah Palin is off and running for 2012 Or maybe she is just off. Or maybe she is running from this. Who cares?
Is twelve minutes with Sarah Palin ten minutes too much?
Bonus Quote of the Day
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"It unfortunately sent a message that she was the de facto leader of the party." -- A Republican governor, quoted by CNN, on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's three minute press conference earlier today.
It's Sarah Palin's Party: Male GOP Governors Seeth With Jealousy at Palin Press Conference
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... Some Republican governors tell CNN they were not particularly happy with the way the Republican Governors Association press conference was executed Thursday, saying that they agreed to go as a show of GOP governors’ unity — but they ended up feeling like silent Palin supporters, since it was clearly a press conference called for her. ...
RINOs, er … BEWARE?
The Democratic Daily —
... GOP governors unhappy with Palin press conference — Some GOP governors weren’t happy with how Palin’s press conference unfolded. — MIAMI (CNN) — Some Republican governors tell CNN they were not particularly happy with the way the Republican Governors Association press conference … ...
not everybody love sarah
skippy the bush kangaroo —
cnn tells us that some gop govs were not that thrilled w/today's repubbb gov press conference: some republican governors tell cnn they were not particularly happy with the way the republican governors association press conference was executed thursday, saying that they ...
Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
... Hillary to replace Condi?
Awwwkward.
I don't think the GOP guvs like Palin very much.
And they can't help themselves: still Obama bashing.
Willard ponders 2012.
2008 turnout: higher than 2004 but not a record.
Boxturtle to replace Coleman as head of NRSC.
Nice.
Kinda like the Iraq, the economy, etc.: W. before and after.
ThinkFast: November 14, 2008
Think Progress —
... Some Republican governors were not happy about yesterday’s Palin-centric press conference, at the Republican Governors Association. “One called it awkward,” CNN reports, while another described the event as “odd” and “weird,” and said it “unfortunately sent a message that she was the de facto leader of the party.” ...
The Sarah Show
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings Yeah, about that Palin-centric Republican governors press conference yesterday? Seems like some of Palin's fellow governors weren't terribly amused by the fact that it turned into The Sarah Show. She's obviously looking ahead to 2012 already, as we know from her ongoing and utterly self-serving media blitz, and the press conference, in the words of one governor, "unfortunately sent a message that she was the de facto leader of the party." ...
Pubbie Guvfest in Miami: Meowr! Fsssst! Hisssss! Claw!
Crooks and Liars —
... no one jumped to answer. Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who started the race in former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's corner but later worked for McCain, chimed in: "What happened here is the party and John dropped Sarah into the ninth inning of the World Series three runs down." Crist initially demurred when asked separately if Palin was a legitimate future possibility for the White House. "I think that's up to her to decide. It's a little early," Crist laughed. And apparently they really hated being used as props for Palin's press conference yesterday: One called it ...
Palin left out of RGA leadership
Political Animal —
... the meeting. There are eight leadership posts, so if you're a Republican governor and you showed up for the gathering, you had about a 42% shot at getting some kind of position in the RGA's leadership. It's interesting, then, that Sarah Palin didn't get anything. Now, keep in mind, it's not yet clear if Palin was asked by her colleagues to accept a leadership post and turned it down. That's certainly possible. But it seems equally likely that the rest of the Republican governors weren't at all happy with Palin's press conference yesterday. I think my friend Adam Serwer ...
Sarah Palin and “Extreme Partisanship”
The Moderate Voice —
... About that Palin-centric Republican governors press conference, though. Seems like some of Palin’s fellow governors weren’t terribly amused by the fact that it turned into The Sarah Show. ...
The Elephant In The Circular Firing Squad
Daily Kos —
Ah, don't you love Republican infighting? Not only was Sarah Palin's press conference an awesome display of her (frightfully deficient) intellect, but GOP governors were ticked off that she stole the limelight. Frank Rich takes a closer look at the back biters in Sunday's NYT: ELECTION junkies in acute withdrawal need suffer no longer. Though the exciting Obama-McCain race is over, the cockfight among the losers has only just begun. The conservative crackup may be ugly, but as entertainment, it's two thumbs up! Over at Fox News, ...
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for November 17, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... * * * While the radical right and John McCain are still drooling over Sarah Palin, for reasons of their own, it's become quite certain that the Repuglican governors don't feel quite the same about her!!!! "GOP governors unhappy with Palin press conference." For the good of the country we can only hope she'll return to Alaska and "moose hunting" never to be heard from again! * * * The next time anyone hears the word “sexist”, ...
Republican Governors: ready for prime time?
Firedoglake —
... (in a column which, for perspective, refers to George W. Bush as "more pragmatic than dogmatic") — but some of the Governors onstage were a lot less impressed ...
