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'Most admired' list: Gingrich up, Palin down; Obama, Clinton still No. 1

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Dec. 29 - For two years running, President Obama is the man Americans most admire, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is again the most-admired woman, a new Gallup survey shows. But the public’s views of other politicians shifted noticeably in 2011. ...

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Debate Swings Door Open for Perry, Closed for Palin

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Nate Silver - Jun. 14 (Opinion) - At the risk of ignoring a couple of candidates who were not on the stage tonight, the four Republicans who seem as though they will have the most influence on the party’s nominating decision are Mr. Romney, Mr. Pawlenty, Mr. Perry and Ms. Bachmann.

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Mindlessly following Palin tour does the media no favors:

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Anchorage Daily News - By Elise Patkotak - Jun. 08 (Opinion) - First, Sarah Palin makes the term "lamestream media" her own, then she goes and proves they really are. And the lamestream media is right there helping her by acting like a bunch of buffoons. Like summer movies, the coverage being provided of Palin's summer vacation is vacuous and forgettable -- it is, as the Bard would say, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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The Tragedy of Sarah Palin

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Atlantic Monthly - By Joshua Green - May. 10 (Opinion) - From the moment Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech electrified the Republican convention, she was seen as an unbending, hard-charging, red-meat ideologue—to which soon was added “thin-skinned” and “vindictive.” But a look at what Palin did while in office in Alaska—the only record she has—shows a very different politician: one who worked with Democrats to tame Big Oil and solve the great problem at the heart of the state’s politics. That Sarah Palin might have set the nation on a different course. What went wrong?

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A Certificate of Embarrassment

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - Apr. 28 (Editorial) - President Obama is finally forced to react to a preposterous political claim about his birth.

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The Talented Mr. Romney

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Nate Silver - Mar. 26 (Opinion) - Right now, former Governor Mitt Romney is considered the favorite to win the Republican nomination. Bettors at Intrade, a political futures market, estimate that he has a 24 percent chance of doing so, just ahead of Tim Pawlenty, who has a 19 percent cha

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Palin slams Obama's actions in Libya, Israel

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:18:00 -0700

CBS News - Mar. 24 - Sarah Palin appeared on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren in Naples, Fla., slamming President Obama on many issues, ranging from his involvement in Israel's zoning issue to his action in Libya. For

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'Death Panels' Revisited

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Wall Street Journal - By James Taranto - Feb. 02 (Opinion) - Palin put the term "death panel" in quotes to indicate that she was using it figuratively. She was not lying but doing just the opposite: conveying a fundamental truth about ObamaCare. Proponents were describing it as a sort of fiscal perpetual-motion machine: We're going to give free insurance to tens of millions of people and reduce the deficit! As a matter of simple arithmetic, the only way to do that is by drastically curtailing medical benefits.

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I'm declaring February a Palin-free month. Join me!

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Dana Milbank - Jan. 21 (Opinion) - I hereby pledge that, beginning on Feb 1, 2011, I will not mention Sarah Palin - in print, online or on television - for one month. Furthermore, I call on others in the news media to join me in this pledge of a Palin-free February.

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No One Listened To Gabrielle Giffords

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Frank Rich - Jan. 15 (Opinion) - In March 2010, few of our leaders wanted to see what Giffords saw — that the vandalism and the death threats were part of a tide of insurrectionism that had been rising since the final weeks of the 2008 campaign.

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The Caucus: Ailes to Fox Anchors, 'Tone it Down'

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Michael D. Shear - Jan. 11 (Opinion) - Roger Ailes said Fox News would try to cool the heated rhetoric.

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The awesome stupidity of the calls to tamp down political speech in the wake of the Giffords shooting.

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Slate - By Jack Shafer - Jan. 09 (Opinion) - The attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the killing of six innocents outside a Tucson Safeway has bolstered the ongoing argument that when speaking of things political, we should all avoid using inflammatory rhetoric and violence.

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Rep. Giffords Remains in Critical Condition

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:31:00 -0800

CBS News - Jan. 09 - (CBS/AP) TUCSON - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was in critical condition Sunday after being shot in the head during a shooting rampage in Tucson. Doctors were optimistic about Giffords surviving as she was responding to commands from doctors, reports CBS

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Sarah Palin's Nomination Chances: A Reassessment

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Nate Silver - Dec. 31 (Opinion) - In November 2009, I wrote an article entitled “10 Reasons That Sarah Palin Could Win the Republican Nomination.” The article wasn’t necessarily arguing that she was the favorite to take the nomination, but it did suggest she had a credible chance at it. In light of the developments of the last 13 months, it is probably worthwhile to revisit that assessment.

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She Who Must Not Be Named

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Charles M. Blow - Dec. 04 (Opinion) - This is it. This is the last time I’m going to write the name Sarah Palin until she does something truly newsworthy, like declare herself a candidate for the presidency. Until then, I will no longer take part in the left’s obsessive-compulsive fascination with her, which is both unhealthy and counterproductive.

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Alaska Senator Murkowski Seeks Re-Election in Write-In Campaign

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:10:04 -0700

Business Week - Sep. 18 - Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski will try to return to Congress with a write-in campaign, after losing a renomination battle to a Republican primary challenger backed by Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement. “Today, my friends,

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The Backlash Myth

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By David Brooks - Sep. 16 (Opinion) - Contrary to popular belief, this week’s Tea Party victories haven’t hurt the electoral prospects of Republicans in November.

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My name is Glenn Beck, and I need help

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Kathleen Parker - Sep. 01 (Opinion) - Beck's "Restoring Honor" gathering on the Mall was right out of the Alcoholics Anonymous playbook. It was a 12-step program distilled to a few key words, all lifted from a prayer delivered from the Lincoln Memorial: healing, recovery and restoration.

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If anyone is fanatic it's Sarah Palin

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Mark Steel - Aug. 24 (Opinion) - To give yourself a stressful and futile day, try telling people there are no plans to build a mosque at Ground Zero. You'll get nowhere, although the truth is there are plans to build an Islamic centre, with a swimming pool open to everyone,

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Dr. Laura, Sarah Palin, and the fight over free speech

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Ken Paulson - Aug. 20 (Opinion) - In the wake of Dr. Laura Schlessinger"s decision to end her radio show after repeatedly using a racial epithet, she"s spent quite a bit of time talking about freedom of speech. "I want to regain my First Amendment rights," Schlessinger said, contending that special-interest groups were limiting her freedom to express herself.Sarah Palin jumped in and tweeted, "Dr.Laura: don?t retreat ... reload!

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Raffi Khatchadourian: Julian Paul Assange, and WikiLeaks’ media insurgency.

Sun, 30 May 2010 22:57:24 -0700

New Yorker - May. 30 - The house on Grettisgata Street, in Reykjavik, is a century old, small and white, situated just a few streets from the North Atlantic. The shifting northerly winds can suddenly bring ice and snow to the city, even in springtime, and when they do a

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Leading article: Deep implications of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - May. 27 (Editorial) - But even if BP's current "top kill" attempt to staunch the spill quickly succeeds, it will be too late to staunch the public frustration and anger, and the mounting political recrimination, over the disaster. The repercussions are impossible to predict.

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Palin: President Wants to Ban Guns

Sat, 15 May 2010 07:51:59 -0700

Associated Press - May. 15 - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned NRA members Friday that President Barack Obama wants to gut the Second Amendment and told a separate gathering that "mama grizzlies" will help Republicans win this November, sweeping away the

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Fey returns to SNL for launch of 'Sarah Palin Network'

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Saturday Night Live - Apr. 12 (Comedy News) - Saturday Night Live alum Tina Fey returned to host the program last night, which naturally resulted in the resurrection of her Sarah Palin impersonation.

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Inspiration Nation

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Slate - By Dahlia Lithwick - Apr. 04 (Opinion) - Sarah Palin's new TV show proves that what she says has consequences.

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