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Palin: Economic Collapse Doomed McCain Campaign
The Hill's Blog Briefing Room — Palin: Economic Collapse Doomed McCain Campaign Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blamed the economic collapse for her unsuccessful run for the vice presidency as Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) running mate. "Well, I think the economic collapse had a heck of a lot more to do with a collapsed campaign effort than me," Palin said during an interview from Alaska on NBC's "Today" aired Tuesday. Palin also sidestepped questions about stories of supposed infighting within the McCain campaign that have emerged in recent days, some of which accuse Palin of being off-message and harboring tension with campaign staffers. "I'm not going to get ...

Video: Palin on three reasons why McCain lost
Hot Air » Top Picks — Video: Palin on three reasons why McCain lost posted at 11:45 am on November 11, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Seventeen minutes with Lauer, with the most interesting stuff right up front in chitchat about why they lost and her thwarted plan to introduce McCain’s concession speech and “brag him up.” Note the very first reason she lists for their defeat — before Obama’s money advantage, before even the anti-Republican tide. (She adds a fourth, the financial crisis, later on.) If you think she’s going to jettison her position on amnesty now that she’s free of Team Maverick’s ...

2012 Watch: 'Sarah-Centric'
Political Punch — Previous | Main 2012 Watch: 'Sarah-Centric' November 12, 2008 10:42 AM The Sarah Palin Image Refurbishing Tour has begun in earnest. On Fox News' Greta this week , Palin coined an interesting term about the enthusiasm for her at GOP rallies."Any of the chants of 'Sarah' or anything that maybe would look like maybe anything was Sarah-centric is, on my part, I know that it is not me personally that the cheers were for," she said. "It's for, 'Cool, we've got a woman on the ticket, we've got this manifestation of progress and change in America.'...But not me personally were those cheers for, but it was just for ...

Moving America Bass-ackwards
The Democratic Daily — Well, tonight’s news showed the new “Thank you Sarah” ad from a new astroturf group called “Our Country Deserves Better PAC.” Deborah Johns during the Moving America Forward Tour in 2005 And you know, something made my little reporter’s “HUNCH” arrow swing all the way into the red. The reason, when I checked the website “http://www.ourcountrypac.org/” became manifestly apparent. I’ve COVERED these weasels before — over 10,000 words worth — in “Swift Boat Moms in Winnebagos.” ...