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Sarah Palin Charging $100K for Iowa Speech? Not Exactly.
Sarah Palin Charging $100K for Iowa Speech? Not Exactly.
  Palin in Iowa, November 2008. Photo by Mark Hirsch / Getty Images   Politico's Jonathan Martin has a good story today about an Iowa conservative group's efforts to lure Sarah Palin to a fundraising dinner in Des Moines next month. The Iowa Family Policy Center, according to ...
CNN Poll: 7 in 10 say Palin not qualified to be president
CNN Poll: 7 in 10 say Palin not qualified to be president
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) - More than seven in 10 Americans think Sarah Palin is not qualified to be... president, according to a new national poll. Seventy-one percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey ... (more) CNN Poll: 7 in 10 say Palin not qualified to be president
Biden v. Palin -- The Re-Match
Biden v. Palin -- The Re-Match
blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Campaigning in an upstate New York congressional district, Vice President Joe Biden... today attacked his one-time opponent, Sarah Palin, who has led a succession of big-name Republicans in backing the candidacy of the ... (more) Biden v. Palin -- The Re-Match
Sarah Palin polls like Dan Quayle
Sarah Palin polls like Dan Quayle
brendan-nyhan.com — Sarah Palin continues to post gruesome poll numbers for a supposedly serious presidential contender. The latest CNN... poll found that only 29 percent of Americans believe she is qualified to be president. That number represents a significant decline ... (more) Sarah Palin polls like Dan Quayle
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Palin's Iowa $100K
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Stapleton denies. ...

BlogTalk: Palin's Travels
The Caucus — ... , “Cynicism and Greed Stand in the Way of Sarah Palin’s Political Aspirations:” The hard-right loves Sarah Palin and wants her to be president, but she really just wants to cash in. Holly Bailey at Newsweek’s The Gaggle was in touch with a representative for Ms. Palin , who did not exactly clarify matters. For their part, the Palin camp tells NEWSWEEK there’s no fee. Meg Stapleton, Palin’s spokeswoman, tells your Gaggler that Palin “has not requested anything” and that she “does not charge people to campaign for them.” According to Stapleton, Palin would instead cover such ...

Remainders: Man up
Ben Smith's Blog — Obama touts the GDP numbers. Conant points out that the White House's handling of H1N1 will be judged by how bad it gets. Chris Christie loosens up on the weight question, and tels Corzine to "man up."* Cantor gets an app. Palin tweaks the Iowans. Anita Dunn may have confused her Chinese writers. Birthers get rebuked. DNC screeners pick a video of graffiti on a flag. Hoffman pulls even. A ...

Politico hit piece: Iowa group scrambling to meet Palin’s massive speaking fee
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... and an influential GOP insider. “I found it really, really odd,” Failor said. If, if, the Iowa group that’s trying to get her to come really is raising money to pay her fee, then that’s an interesting story — not because it proves that Palin’s money hungry but because it’d show that she’s in such hot demand that even grassroots organizations in Iowa are willing to offer her incentives to appear at their gigs. So unfair is the Politico piece that it’s even being knocked by … Newsweek . Which, naturally, didn’t stop Matthews from running a segment about it tonight, omitting ...

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Why Some 2012 Candidates Might Skip Iowa
politics.theatlantic.com 10/20/2009 — Unless you're beloved by conservative Christians, don't bother campaigning in Iowa. That's one lesson learned by some strategiests allied with for several potential 2012 presidential candidates. Others see differently. The question ...
Speaking of Palin: off to Iowa?PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts
Via the Iowa Republican : Palin Headed to Iowa? TheIowaRepublican.com has learned that former Alaska Governor and Vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin could be the featured speaker for the Iowa Family Policy Center’s fall fundraiser in Des Moines on November 21. The appearance would be ...
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