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Sarah Palin, 2 standing O's from Republican governors
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/18/2008
Sarah Palin, 2 standing O's from Republican governors
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They like her. They really like her. As The Ticket forecast yesterday , Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke to the Republican Governors Assn. in Miami today and its invited donors. Despite a sometimes rambling delivery, the national newcomer who electrified the party convention and base ...
thehill.com - 11/16/2008
Gingrich says Palin will not be the future GOP leader
— thehill.com — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is batting down the hype that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin heads... into 2012 as the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. Palin energized the Republican base after GOP presidential nominee Sen. John ... (more) Gingrich says Palin will not be the future GOP leader

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GOP governors unhappy with Palin press conference
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/13/2008
GOP governors unhappy with Palin press conference
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — MIAMI (CNN) — 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 — ... (more) GOP governors unhappy with Palin press conference

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Why Palin Still Matters
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/12/2008
Why Palin Still Matters
— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Some readers think my continuing attempt to expose all the lies and flim-flam and bizarre behavior of... Sarah Palin is now moot . She's history - they argue. Move on. I think she probably is history. Even Bill Kristol and his minions in the ... (more) Why Palin Still Matters

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Firedoglake:  Republican Governors: ready for prime time?

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Republican Governors: ready for prime time?
Firedoglake — ... When the subject veered from anonymous gay Republican sex in public rest rooms, though, Palin didn't do as well. She had her fans in the audience — that nice Mr. Malcolm at the LA Times spotlights her standing ovations (in a column which, for perspective, refers to George W. Bush as "more pragmatic than dogmatic") — but some of the Governors onstage were ...

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