The State of Sarah Palin

The peculiar political landscape of the Vice-Presidential hopeful.

Many Alaskans enjoy being disconnected from the Lower Forty-eight, which is sometimes referred to as if it were a foreign country. There is pride in this sense of apartness, and that pride has been stung repeatedly since 2006, when the F.B.I. began raiding state lawmakers' offices in an ever-expanding anti-corruption campaign. There have been indictments and guilty pleas. Oil-industry executives who were caught on videotape in the Baranof Hotel, in Juneau, ... Full Story »

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Jack Dinkmeyer
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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

The usual excellent New Yorker story about Palin and Alaska. However, McCain is the one media should really be concentrating on--after all, he IS the Republican candidate for president. While story after story appears about Palin, the media ignore the Democratic VP nominee, old what's-his-name. Looks like Rove's diversion is working.

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