Palin Power and New York's 23rd District
Will the moderate Republicans only be able to win back their district from the Teabaggers by electing a Democrat for the first time since the mid-19th century? These are strange times indeed.
Will the moderate Republicans only be able to win back their district from the Teabaggers by electing a Democrat for the first time since the mid-19th century? These are strange times indeed.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
While not questioning the motives behind Sarah Palin's resignation, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, (R-Minn.), argued on Monday that the Alaska governor's decision...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
Among the myriad questions raised by Gov. Sarah Palin's abrupt resignation, is how her excuse for leaving office -- mainly that lame-duck governors ar...
AP | MARK THIESSEN | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
JUNEAU, Alaska — As surprised fans and critics of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin traded guesses behind her decision to resign more than a year before h...
Posted 08.03.2009 | Politics
The head of the Republican Governor's Association said on Friday that in emails sent to him moments before she announced her resignation as governor o...
AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Another ethics complaint filed against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been dismissed. The State Personnel Board on Wednesday d...
Anchorage Daily News | Erika Bolstad | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
Gov. Sarah Palin may have turned down $28.6 million in federal stimulus money for weatherization and renewable energy projects, but the state will sti...
New York Times | WILLIAM YARDLEY | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics
Before Tina Fey and "Drill, baby, drill," there was mud season here in the Alaskan capital. This soggy, socked-in spring has been no exception, but it...
Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
While personal and political controversies are muddying up Palin's political agenda in Alaska, the distant horizon of national politics looms ever so pristine -- and inviting.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin launched a political action committee on Tuesday, a move meant to secure firmer roots within the Republican community but one ...
AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin is juggling offers to write books, appear in films and sit on dozens of interview couches at a rate astonishing ...
Anchorage Daily News | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
"As Sarah Palin settles back into her job as the state's chief executive, a new ethics complaint filed Tuesday says she's already improperly mixing he...
AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin, heralded by some conservatives as the future of the Republican Party, faces some cold political realities ...
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
I will never do that again. I will never stand in the freezing cold for two and a half hours for Sarah Palin.
Anchorage Daily News | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics
Can Sarah Palin go home again? In the 68 days since Alaska's governor began her run for vice president, things have changed on the home front. Some o...
AP | RITA BEAMISH | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin summon antidemocratic images of a communist state to attack Democrat Barack Obama's tax plan and his comment a...
Think Progress | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
In recent days, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), has begun referring to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) as "Barack the Wealth Spreader," referring to his proposed ta...
Washington Independent | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics
Since Gov. Sarah Palin became the Republican vice presidential candidate, she's been shaped to fit a new image. From debate boot camp at Sen. John Mc...
AP | ANNE SUTTON | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics
JUNEAU, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin's rural adviser resigned Monday amid criticism of the governor's record on hiring Alaska Natives. Rhonda McBr...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics
If Gov. Sarah Palin, by John McCain's estimation, "knows more about energy than probably anyone in the United States of America," then why is she gett...
LA Times | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics
Jerry McCutcheon went to Sarah Palin's office here last week to request information about the firing of former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan...
Daniel Kurtzman | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics
Sarah Palin may lie, but numbers don't. Her record speaks for itself: 2007: the year in which Sarah Palin first obtained a passport (Source) 312: th...
Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics
The AP reports: About two hours after Palin's speech Saturday, hundreds of people protesting the policies of Palin lined a busy Anchorage street, wa...
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics
The room itself, when filled to capacity, holds 5000 people. I tried to eyeball it, and I'd guess there were 1000 or so there.
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics
We all thought that first interview was going to be with ABC's Charles Gibson. Little did we know how wrong we were.
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics