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Palin's Makeup Artist Fetching Top Pay
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The VP candidate's traveling makeup artist earned more than anyone else in the campaign in the first two weeks of the month. The former "So You Think You Can Dance" stylist made $22,800-- topping Mark Salter, Nicolle Wallace and other top aides.       ...

Palin's Makeup Artist: $22K For 2 Weeks
Politics Daily — ... The NY Times is reporting that the highest paid McCain staffer for the first half of October is the one responsible for lipsticking the pit bull: ...

Hullabaloo — This Is Not Funny by tristero Seriously, this is sick. None of us would be snickering if Obama was down in the polls: Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch? Not Randy Scheunemann, Mr. McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser; not Nicolle Wallace, his senior communications staff member. It was Amy Strozzi, who was identified by the Washington Post this week as Gov. Sarah Palin’s traveling makeup artist, according to a new filing with ...

Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... The New York Times reports that Amy Strozzi, the traveling makeup artist for Sarah Palin, is in fact the top-paid staffer on the campaign. Strozzi was paid $22,800 during just the first two weeks of October, compared to only $12,500 for top foreign-policy adviser Randy Scheunemann. ...

That Palin makeup artist makes a lot of money (more than any other individual on the campaign in early October)
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Via the Caucus at the NY Times, this one speaks for itself: Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch? Not Randy Scheunemann, Mr. McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser; not Nicolle Wallace, his senior communications staff member. It was Amy Strozzi, who was identified by the Washington Post this week as Gov. Sarah Palin’s traveling makeup artist, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday night. Ms. Strozzi, who was ...

Palin's Makeup Artist Highest Paid Staffer
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Gov. Sarah Palin's traveling makeup artist was the highest paid person on Sen. John McCain's campaign staff during the first half of October, the New York Times reports. ...

How much did Barack Obama spend on the Greek column theme?
Sister Toldjah — ... I won’t hold my breath, considering they’re still dogging Gov. Palin on wardrobe/make-up/hair “issues.” ...

So You Think You Can Be Vice-President?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — The Palin story has now nuked the shark: Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch? Not Randy Scheunemann, Mr. McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser; not Nicolle Wallace, his senior communications staff member. It was Amy Strozzi, who was identified by the Washington Post this week as Gov. Sarah Palin’s traveling makeup artist, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday night. Ms. Strozzi, who was ...

Greetings from the Mouth of Hell
N/A — ... I almost want to say the Ultimate Bad Guy is not that bad a guy, that he is the kind of guy I would have a beer with, but look what happened last time when voters thought like that.  All the world has gone to hell. “Not everything and everyone has gone to hell, Heretik, though we have had to expand one of the rings for all the hedge fund managers.” Satan sighs. “And not everyone is doing too badly.  I heard that Sarah Palin’s makeup artiste made over $20,000 the first two weeks of October ...

Who in the McCain campaign got paid $22,800 for 2 weeks of work?
Althouse — Sarah Palin's makeup artist. That's from the NYT "Caucus" blog, where the first commenter notes the URL: "pains-makeup-stylist-fetches-highest-salary-in-2-week-period." Pain. Let me add that I do not have a problem with paying a lot for the makeup job. It's extremely important. Remember how great Hillary Clinton always looked during the primaries. That didn't just happen. And bad makeup can screw up even a male candidate's campaign. Let's not forget the rouge that cost Al Gore the presidency: This election always has been about ...

Putting a good face on Palin
HorsesAss.Org — ... Turns out the highest paid member of Sarah Palin’s campaign staff, at over $11,000 a week, is Amy Strozzi, Palin’s traveling makeup artist.  Which kinda makes sense, as it’s the one party of Palin’s campaign that consistently looks good. ...

Palin's Makeup Artist Is McCain's Highest Paid Staffer For First Half Of October
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — If Palin's $150,000 shopping spree had Republicans disgusted, then the report that her makeup stylist cost $22,800 for the first two weeks of October should have them livid. The stylist, Amy Strozzi, was apparently paid more than any other McCain staffer during that period. The New York Times has more: Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain's presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch? Not Randy Scheunemann, Mr. McCain's chief foreign policy ...

Palin's Makeup Artist Is McCain's Highest Paid Staffer For First Half Of October (SLIDESHOW)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — If Palin's $150,000 shopping spree had Republicans disgusted, then the report that her makeup stylist cost $22,800 for the first two weeks of October should have them livid. The stylist, Amy Strozzi, was apparently paid more than any other McCain staffer during that period. Check out a slideshow of Palin's looks during the first half of October: The New York Times has more: Ms. Strozzi, who was nominated for an Emmy award for her makeup work on the television show "So You Think You Can Dance?", was paid $22,800 ...

Palin’s Makeup Stylist Fetches Highest Salary in 2-Week Period
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... for the first two weeks of October alone, according to the records. The campaign categorized Ms. Strozzi’s payment as “PERSONNEL SVC/EQUIPMENT.” The payment on Oct. 10 made Ms. Strozzi the single highest-paid individual in the campaign for that two-week period. (There were more than two dozen companies that got larger payments than Ms. Strozzi). She easily beat out Mr. Scheunemann, who received $12,500 in the first half of October, and Ms. Wallace, who got $12,000. . . Read more: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/pains-mak... "Joe the Plumber." Indeed.

Extreme Makeover: Palin Edition
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... who was identified by the Washington Post this week as Gov. Sarah Palin’s traveling makeup artist, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday night. Ms. Strozzi, who was nominated for an Emmy award for her makeup work on the television show “So You Think You Can Dance?”, was paid $22,800 for the first two weeks of October alone, according to the records. The campaign categorized Ms. Strozzi’s payment as “PERSONNEL SVC/EQUIPMENT.” Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...

Nice work if you can get it
The Reaction — By Mustang Bobby From The Caucus: Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch? Not Randy Scheunemann, Mr. McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser; not Nicolle Wallace, his senior communications staff member. It was Amy Strozzi, who was identified by the Washington Post this week as Gov. Sarah Palin’s traveling makeup artist, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday ...

McCain-Palin: Makeup More Important than Foreign Policy
Taylor Marsh — ... via Huffington Post The "Caribou Barbie" slap used to be just a joke. Now it’s a political reality show. Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain-??s ...

Fit for a celebrity
Political Animal — FIT FOR A CELEBRITY.... There's reportedly already quite a bit of dissension among McCain campaign staffers, as aides try to pin the blame for the campaign's troubles on their colleagues. But I wonder how those already frustrated employees will feel about getting paid a lot less than Sarah Palin's stylist . Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain's presidential campaign during the first half of October as it headed down the homestretch? Not Randy Scheunemann, Mr. McCain's chief foreign policy adviser; not Nicolle Wallace, his senior communications staff ...

Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos — ... Des Moines this Saturday. Knowing that jobless rates are up and temperatures are going down, I heard about Sarah Palin needing extra help with clothing recently and thought there might be others who really need the help. So, I thought we might do a clothing drive across the street from her event and donate to the Disabled American Veterans. (By the way, they rate Obama's voting record at 90% and McCain's at 20%.) And in other fashion news, the highest-paid person in McCain's campaign for the first half of October was Sarah Palin's makeup ...

Remainders: All made up
Jonathan Martin's Blog — The Palin investigations continue, with an L.A. Times story on patronage appointments. Republicans will keep talking about felons voting. Palin's makeup artist is having a good fall. Could the Alaska governor go into real show business? Yup, Bachmann's in trouble. Joe the Plumber wants a promotion. The President votes. Georgia? Seriously? Phil Singer sticks up for Team McCain.

Credible? Incredible!
The Democratic Daily — ... person on the McCain- Palin staff for that time frame. Or, as the Independent (UK) reports: As for the make-up artist, she is Amy Strozzi, who was formerly in the make-up trailers of the TV show So You Think you Can Dance (sic). In the first half of this month, cheques written to her amounted to a staggering $22,800. (from the article, “Republican chiefs turn on each other as campaign falls apart“) The makeup artist was the HIGHEST PAID STAFFER on the McCain campaign for September, according to the ...

Links for 2008-10-24 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... that question and in no way did I intend to misquote the National Review… I've since called Byron York and his editor, Rich Lowry, to explain what happened and told them both that I regret any harm this may have brought. Just for the record, I've said that I thought the bigger harm in all this was to Palin, who was hit on-camera with an out-of-nowhere quote. But as far as I'm concerned, Griffin's explanation is fine with me...... +++++ Despicable Palin’s Makeup Stylist Fetches Highest Salary in 2-Week Period - The Caucus Blog - ...

links for 2008-10-25
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: gop mccain sarah_palin) Palin’s Makeup Stylist Fetches Highest Salary in 2-Week Period - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com Who was the highest paid individual in Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign during the first ...

When It Comes to Slicing the American Pie, McCain Serves Only the Rich
Congress Blog — ... dime, she’ll have spent $2,400 a day on clothing between the convention and the election. The vice presidential candidate’s taste includes a $2,500 Valentino Garavani jacket from Saks Fifth Avenue that she wore to the convention. In addition, she and McCain decided their most important advisor, the one they would reward with the highest salary in the first two weeks of October as the stock market crashed, was Sarah Palin’s makeup artist. Her earnings for proper Palin powdering were $22,800 for two weeks , nearly twice the salary McCain and Palin gave their second highest paid ...