First Dude

Palin's Foreign Policy: " We Win! They Lose!" Obama's: "Peace"

Shannyn Moore | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics


Shannyn Moore

At Sarah Palin's speech with Michael Reagan, she was part cheerleader, part gladiator. She went after Obama, saying "we should never apologize." I was waiting for the "Ready? Okay!" Pom-poms, anyone?

2008: The Year of Audacity

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 02.04.2009 | Living


Andrea Chalupa

We now have something outside ourselves to struggle against. A very real and tangible angst.

Alaskan Independence Party: The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

If McCarthy-era guilt-by-association is once again a valid political consideration, Palin, it would seem, has more to lose than Obama.

Peas In a Pod: Palin's Troopergate And Bush's Attorneygate

Susan L. Travis | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home


Susan L. Travis

We have entered the surreal world of Republicangate, where distortions of truth and contempt for the law saturate the Republican brand.

Does Palin Have The Spine to Face Down McCain?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Stephen C. Rose

Palin is taking it on the chin, in my odd judgment. Here's a uniformly negative collection of links, but hardly unrepresentative. What else can be ...

WATCH: Fox News' Hard-Hitting Interview With Todd Palin, First Dude

Talking Points Memo | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics


Fox News's Greta Van Susteren conducted the first interview of Todd Palin since his wife Sarah was named the Republican vice presidential nominee. She...

Reading The Pictures: FREE MICHELLE!

Michael Shaw | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


Michael Shaw

2008-09-17-shaw_mo.jpg With just 48 days to go in a campaign defined as much as anything for its Us or People Magazine style of symbolism, my question is: why isn't Michelle Obama being deployed more visibly by the Obama campaign?