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Scrubbed
Talking Points Memo —
Ad featuring scandal-plagued Ted Stevens endorsing Sarah Palin for governor in 2006 mysteriously vanishes from her campaign Web site.
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Marc Ambinder assists McCain
Newshoggers.com —
... the McCain campaign to scrub the site. And shortly thereafter the damning video disappears. But nothing really dies on the intertrons. Catch it before it's pulled from YouTube. [ ...
2006 Palin Ad Touted Stevens Endorsement
News —
... applauded the Palin pick, saying, "I have known and worked with Sarah for over a decade – from her service as Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, in her role as president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors, and most recently as our Governor. She is attentive to her job and family, brings people together, and is able to make tough decisions." The ad no longer appears on her 2006 gubernatorial campaign site, which now redirects visitors to John McCain's presidential site. The liberal blog TalkingPointsMemo reports that the video was still available on Palin's site as of Friday. But the ...
Arianna Huffington: Saving the GOP and The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sarah Palin
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Palin has barely left a footprint on the GOP scene. And the McCain camp immediately scrubbed one of the few marks -- an ad on her campaign website featuring an endorsement from newly indicted Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. ...
Palin As Reformer? Not Quite...
TPMMuckraker —
... In her run for governor, Palin was endorsed by now-indicted Sen. Ted Stevens. Video of the endorsement has been removed from her government website, but the two ...
Stevens' (and Palin's) next move
Political Animal —
... doing so," said political consultant Art Hackney, who is working on the Stevens campaign. Hackney said it's going to be a "nonstop campaigning, very aggressive," once Stevens gets back to Alaska. Stevens will apparently not be able to even cast a vote for himself, and hopes to become the first convicted felon ever elected to the U.S. Senate. The other angle worth considering here is that of Stevens ally Sarah Palin, who helped run Stevens' political group and who relied on Stevens' support to get elected. Yesterday, even after the verdict, Palin wouldn't ...
