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Poll: 41% of GOP Voters Would Reject Sarah Palin

Only Newt Gingrich fared worse in Pew poll

(Newser) - If Sarah Palin decides to run for president she'll find lots of hostile Republicans out there, according to the latest Pew Research Center poll . Some 41% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters told pollsters that there was no chance they would vote for Palin. Only Newt Gingrich, with 48%, had...

Karl Rove: Palin Has 'Enormous Thin Skin'

If she doesn't like speculation, she can end it, he points out

(Newser) - The Karl Rove-Sarah Palin feud continues: Last night on Fox News, Rove called Palin “thin-skinned” a grand total of four times before being abruptly cut off for a breaking news update. Greta van Susteren repeatedly tried to get Rove onto a different track—she wanted to know why the...

Drunk Wasilla Pol Trashed Hotel, Billed City

Guess what famous family he's friends with?

(Newser) - A burned hotel room mattress, ruined bedding, a urine-stained chair, vomit on the carpet … but no, this was not the handiwork of a rock star on tour. Rather, Wasilla City Councilman Steve Menard apparently got a little crazy on a business trip—then slipped the city the bill for...

Palin Haters Should Pray That She Runs

It's the only way to get rid of her

(Newser) - Odds are, Sarah Palin’s occasional gestures toward the 2012 race are “a long and tiresome tease,” and that’s a shame, writes Steve Kornacki of Salon , because a presidential run “may be the best way of making her disappear for good.” Palin would definitely suffer...

Palin's Camp to Rove: You Know Nothing

...about Sarah Palin's 2012 intentions, at least

(Newser) - Karl Rove has said it and said it again in recent days: Sarah Palin will run. Apparently, that wasn't inside information gleaned from his BFF, Sarah Palin. Politico spotted another "Setting the Record Straight" post on the SarahPAC website that doesn't name Rove, but clearly takes a...

Karl Rove: I'm Serious, Sarah Palin Is Running

It's do or die for the 'teaser,' he warns

(Newser) - Karl Rove predicted again that Sarah Palin will run for president—and that she'll announce soon. The GOP strategist pointed to upcoming Palin events in Iowa and a new campaign-styled video as strong indications that the former Alaska governor will jump in . But she's got to speak up...

Karl Rove Thinks Sarah Palin Will Enter Presidential Race Around Labor Day
 Rove: Sarah Palin Will Run 
Aug 20, 2011 11:13 AM CDT

Rove: Sarah Palin Will Run

He expects her announcement around Labor Day

(Newser) - Add Karl Rove to the Sarah-Palin-will-run camp. Palin has a new video out about her recent trip to Iowa and a big speech planned in the state early next month, he notes. "This is her last chance," Rove told Fox News today, according to the Washington Examiner . "...

Father, Son Arrested for Harassing Palins: FBI

Made 'disturbing' phone calls despite restraining order

(Newser) - A father and son have been arrested on charges of harassing the Palin family by phone, an FBI agent tells Reuters . Craig Christy, 47, and Shawn Christy, 19, were hit with a federal indictment on Wednesday over calls made from Aug. 1 to Aug. 9—after Sarah Palin had already...

Meghan McCain: Sarah Palin Should Either Get In the Race or Get Out of the Way
 
 Enough Already, 
 Sarah Palin 
Meghan McCain
Aug 17, 2011 6:11 PM CDT

Enough Already, Sarah Palin

Meghan McCain: She looks 'confused,' is hurting the GOP

(Newser) - Meghan McCain sounds very, very tired of Sarah Palin. In her new Daily Beast column, McCain says she doesn't think her dad's former VP candidate is actually going to run for president and is doing the GOP a disservice by distracting attention from the real candidates. "I...

Sarah Palin Hits Iowa State Fair as GOP Candidates Descend on Ames
 Palin Drops In 
 on Iowa Fair 
Aug 13, 2011 8:56 AM CDT

Palin Drops In on Iowa Fair

Maybe-candidate clearly trying to stay in spotlight as race heats up

(Newser) - Probably just a coincidence, but as GOP presidential hopefuls were whipping up their best barbecue ahead of today's straw poll in Ames, Sarah Palin decided to pay a visit yesterday to the Iowa State Fair. Though she contended she was simply accepting an invitation, Palin was well-received: She was...

Sarah Palin Restarts Bus Tour, Heads for ... Iowa

She'll be there Saturday, same day as Ames poll, Perry announcement

(Newser) - Somewhere in Texas, Rick Perry just groaned. He was all set to steal the thunder from the candidates competing in Iowa's Ames straw poll on Saturday by announcing his candidacy that same day in South Carolina. Now he's got serious media competition: Sarah Palin is firing up her...

Alaska Paying to Help Defend Palin in Lawsuit

She's being sued by activist who complained about traffic

(Newser) - Sarah Palin may be the former governor of Alaska, but she's getting the state's legal help in the present. Activist Chip Thoma is suing Palin for at least $100,000, for what he says was her role at the helm of a campaign to "punish, embarrass, discredit,...

Mercede Johnston 'Playboy' Interview: Bristol Palin Had Lots of Plastic Surgery
 Levi's Sis: 
 Bristol Has 
 Had Tons of 
 Plastic Surgery 
more from 'playboy'
Aug 10, 2011 10:52 AM CDT

Levi's Sis: Bristol Has Had Tons of Plastic Surgery

Plus, someone accuses Sarah of snorting cocaine

(Newser) - More of Mercede Johnston's Playboy interview is leaking, and—surprise, surprise—none of it is very complimentary to the Palins. The latest, from Playboy , USA Today , and TMZ :
  • On Levi and Bristol's second engagement: "I don’t think Bristol wanted to be with him whatsoever, not at
...

Sarah Palin Has a New Grandchild

This time her parents are married, though

(Newser) - Sarah Palin reportedly has a new grandchild—and this time, thankfully, Levi Johnston has nothing to do with it. Palin stalker/biographer Joe McGinniss breaks the news on his blog , saying that Track Palin and new wife Britta have given birth to a baby girl named Kyla Grace Palin. In a...

Palin Lashes 'Clueless' Obama for Debt Debacle

Stop dithering, drill for natural gas, she urges

(Newser) - Sarah Palin skewered President Obama on Facebook last night over the nation's credit rating downgrade, saying he doesn't have "even a notion" of how to deal with the current fiscal meltdown. She blasted his latest press conference as another orgy of "old talking points and finger-pointing....

Sarah Palin's Hair Salon Gets Reality TV Show

'Big Hair Alaska' premieres this fall on TLC

(Newser) - If you loved TLC's Sarah Palin's Alaska, you're in luck. The channel is getting up close and personal with another side of Palin—her girly one. The Alaska hair salon where Palin gets her up-do style will be the subject of a reality show on the network...

Palin: Obama a Hypocrite on Terrorist Rhetoric

If Tea Partiers were terrorists, he'd want to pal around with us, she says

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has resurrected her 2008 " palling around with terrorists " line of attack on President Obama for use in today's controversy. The Alaskan, defending the Tea Party from comparisons to terrorists , told Sean Hannity that "if we were really domestic terrorists, President Obama would want to...

Sarah Palin Warns GOP Frosh Before House Vote

Boehner backers likely to face Tea Party primary challenge, she suggests

(Newser) - First-term House Republicans received a slightly menacing missive from Sarah Palin not long before they were expected to vote on John Boehner's debt plan yesterday. "We little folk are watching the debt ceiling debate with great interest and concern," Palin wrote on her Facebook page , reposting an...

Palin on Debt: Just Obama Drama

President is fear mongering, she says

(Newser) - President Obama is just trying to scare the American people with his talk of serious consequences if no agreement can be reached on the debt ceiling, according to Sarah Palin. The Alaskan, appearing on Greta Van Susteren’s Fox News show, dismissed the situation as "more Obama drama,"...

Another Grandchild Coming for Sarah Palin

Gawker: Track and his new bride are expecting

(Newser) - The Palin brood is growing: Gawker reports that Track Palin and his bride of 2 months are expecting. Britta Hanson "looks to be several months along" in new Facebook photos, writes Maureen O'Connor, who adds that Hanson's friends responded "with elation" to the images. Track, 22,...

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