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Sarah Palin Announces She Will Not Run for President in 2012

Oct 5, 2011 5:44 PM CDT

Sarah Palin: I'm Not Running

She says she won't seek Republican nomination

(Newser) - Sarah Palin will not be joining the GOP candidates at the next debate: She announced today she won't seek the Republican nomination, reports ABC News . "As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision," she...

Roger Ailes:
'I Hired Sarah
Palin Because
She Was Hot'

PUNDITS REACT

Oct 5, 2011 1:08 PM CDT

Roger Ailes: 'I Hired Sarah Palin Because She Was Hot'

Fox News chief says he was concerned about ratings, not politics

(Newser) - In an interview with the AP about the 15th anniversary of Fox News, Roger Ailes has set off a mini-tizzy with this line about Sarah Palin: "I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings." He was deflecting criticism that the channel is politically biased—as...

Stewart: If Palin's Not
Running, She's Insane

'DAILY SHOW'

Sep 29, 2011 8:03 AM CDT

Stewart: If Palin's Not Running, She's Insane

And not because she'd be a great candidate

(Newser) - Get over it, America: Chris Christie is not running for president. The governor said as much Tuesday night; when asked if he was running, he sent people to a two-minute Politico clip full of unequivocal denials. And yet? The media reaction looked like this . Jon Stewart is aghast. “He...

Palin Threatens to
Sue McGinniss
Over Rogue

Sep 27, 2011 1:07 AM CDT

Palin Threatens to Sue McGinniss Over Rogue

Publisher, author printed info they 'knew to be false,' says attorney

(Newser) - Here's something that's bound to get more people reading The Rogue. Sarah Palin is threatening to sue author Joe McGinniss and his publisher for his tell-everything tome about the former Alaska governor, which includes gossip about drug use and adultery, reports ABC News . The work was roundly criticized...

Roger Ailes:
Beck, Palin Were
'Branding Issue'

Sep 26, 2011 9:18 AM CDT

Roger Ailes: Beck, Palin Were 'Branding Issue'

Fox News shifts towards center, plays up GOP's 2012 conflict

(Newser) - Is Fox News going moderate? Not exactly, but Roger Ailes has consciously made a “course correction” from hyper-partisanship back toward the center, sensing that the public has grown weary of the Tea Party, he tells Howard Kurtz of Newsweek . Glenn Beck’s inflammatory rhetoric in particular “became a...

GOP Voters to Palin: Don't Run

Sep 22, 2011 1:18 AM CDT

GOP Voters to Palin: Don't Run

But Giuliani might thrash Obama, poll finds

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is leaving the door open for a presidential run —but most Republican voters want that door slammed shut, according to the latest McClatchy-Marist poll . More than 70% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters don't want Palin to run for the presidency, the poll found. If Palin and...

'The Rogue' Biography of Sarah Palin No Hatchet Job: Joe McGinniss

Joe McGinniss
Defends
'The Rogue'

nutty quotes dept.

Sep 18, 2011 1:25 PM CDT

Joe McGinniss Defends 'The Rogue'

Insists Sarah Palin bio is no hatchet job

(Newser) - Looks like Joe McGinniss is in full spin mode after reviewers largely decimated his new biography of Sarah Palin. Although The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin depicts her as a racist, bulimic bully who indulges in religious nuttiness and extramarital affairs, 68-year-old McGinniss insists his book is no...

Todd Palin: The Rogue
Full of 'Disgusting Lies'

Sep 16, 2011 2:01 AM CDT

Todd Palin: The Rogue Full of 'Disgusting Lies'

McGinnis 'traffics in innuendo and falsehoods,' Palin says

(Newser) - Todd Palin was pretty peeved when Joe McGinniss moved in next door, and he's downright furious now that the author's book on his wife has been released, Politico reports. The Rogue—which accuses Sarah Palin of adultery and illegal drug use , among other things—"is full of...

Joe McGinniss' The Rogue
Fails to Shock or Awe

nyt BOOK REVIEW

Sep 15, 2011 6:17 AM CDT

Joe McGinniss' The Rogue Fails to Shock or Awe

'Petty' Palin book is full of unsubstantiated gossip, says NYT

(Newser) - Joe McGinniss has been writing about presidential politics since 1968, but his new book on Sarah Palin, The Rogue, is "dated, petty, and easily available to anyone with Internet access," writes Janet Maslin in the New York Times . With allegations of cocaine use and sex with basketball stars...

McGinniss Book: Palin Had One-Night Stand, Used Coke

says 'national enquirer'

Sep 14, 2011 10:15 AM CDT

McGinniss Book: Palin Had One-Night Stand, Used Coke

At least, according to the Enquirer 's sources

(Newser) - Never shy about trumpeting scoops from the mountaintops, the National Enquirer 's latest is, as usual, less than subtle: "WORLD EXCLUSIVE! SARAH PALIN BOMBSHELL BOOK SHOCKING CLAIMS!" Turns out the Enquirer says it has sources with information about Joe McGinniss' upcoming book on Palin , and they say...

Levi: Bristol Had Baby for Revenge on Sarah

Sep 13, 2011 4:50 AM CDT

Levi: Bristol Had Baby for Revenge on Sarah

Wasillan releasing tell-all memoir

(Newser) - There's no love lost between the Johnston and Palin clans, and Levi's new tell-all memoir is set to keep the feud going. In Deer In the Headlights, to be released later this month, Johnston claims that Bristol became pregnant with his child to get even with her mother...

Ann Coulter: Palin Is 'the Obama of the Tea Party'

Sep 7, 2011 11:25 AM CDT

Ann Coulter: Palin Is 'the Obama of the Tea Party'

And she should 'just run so we can get this over with'

(Newser) - Ann Coulter is the latest pundit to jump into the “will she or won’t she?” discussion about Sarah Palin’s potential presidential run, and she has a message for Palin: “Fish or cut bait, because you are ginning up this group of Americans who will not even...

Hey, Palin:
Mock Polls at
Your Own Risk

OPINION

Sep 6, 2011 9:45 AM CDT

Hey, Palin: Mock Polls at Your Own Risk

When you've got a 59% disapproval rating, best not to mention them at all

(Newser) - Sarah Palin took a moment to ridicule polls during her Iowa speech : “They’re for strippers and cross-country skiers,” she said. But “Palin (R-Snarklaska)” is in for a rude awakening, writes Jonathan Capehart in the Washington Post . “If the half-term Alaska governor gets into the race...

Palin's Unique Strategy:
Attack From Left

OPINION

Sep 5, 2011 5:50 AM CDT

Palin's Unique Strategy: Attack From Left

Rhetorical contortions amazing, 'mind-bending,' says critic

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's hot-blooded barrages were loved by crowds in Iowa on Saturday, but despite the usual right-wing boilerplate solutions, the former Alaska governor's attacks are coming dressed in uniquely left-wing language, notes David Sessions on the Daily Beast . "Crony capitalism," "corporate welfare," and "...

Palin Thrills
Wet Tea Party
Crowd in Iowa

Sep 3, 2011 3:16 PM CDT

Palin Thrills Wet Tea Party Crowd in Iowa

But keeps mum about presidential ambitions

(Newser) - Sarah Palin kept her presidential ambitions under wraps today in a 40-minute speech to thousands of very wet Iowans who had diligently waited for her in steady rain, the Des Moines Register reports. "We’re here because America is at a tipping point," Palin said at the Des...

Cheney
Disses
Sarah Palin

Sep 2, 2011 11:57 AM CDT

Cheney Disses Sarah Palin

Why did she quit as governor again? he asks

(Newser) - Dick Cheney is ruffling more feathers in his memoir media blitz , this time Sarah Palin's. Politico takes note of this zinger in an interview with Laura Ingraham: “Well I’ve never gotten around the question of her having left the governorship of Alaska midterm," he says. "...

Palin Back In, O'Donnell Out at Iowa Tea Party Event

Sep 1, 2011 8:15 AM CDT

Palin Back In, O'Donnell Out at Iowa Tea Party Event

Looks like Sarah won this round

(Newser) - Christine O’Donnell may not be a witch, but she's got to be feeling like a yo-yo: After being invited, then uninvited , then re-invited to speak at an Iowa Tea Party event Saturday, the onetime Senate candidate is officially off the roster—and Sarah Palin is back on. Palin...

Palin's Iowa Appearance
'on Hold'

Aug 31, 2011 11:58 AM CDT

Palin's Iowa Appearance 'on Hold'

Due to argument over Christine O'Donnell, source says

(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s scheduled appearance at a Tea Party rally in Iowa this Saturday—which many have speculated could launch her 2012 campaign —is “no longer confirmed,” a source close to Palin tells the Wall Street Journal , accusing the organizers at Tea Party of America of “...

After Iowa Stop,
Palin Heads
Straight
to NH

WILL SHE or won't she?

Aug 31, 2011 7:29 AM CDT

After Iowa Stop, Palin Heads Straight to NH

Probably just a coincidence...

(Newser) - In her continued bid to do absolutely nothing to quell speculation about a run for the Oval Office, Sarah Palin has decided to take a little getaway following her much ballyhooed Sept. 3 appearance in Iowa: to scenic New Hampshire, reports the Iowa Republican . "High-level Iowa Republicans" tell the...

We'll Know if
Palin's Running
in 67 Days

Aug 26, 2011 11:24 AM CDT

We'll Know if Palin's Running in 67 Days

There are deadlines even she must adhere to

(Newser) - It may seem like the will-she-or-won’t-she speculation surrounding Sarah Palin will never end, but take heart: There are some deadlines even Palin must adhere to, Molly Ball of Politico points out. Palin absolutely must make up her mind by Oct. 31—that’s the deadline to get on the...