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Ed Kilgore’s analysis of the reignited strategists-vs-Sarah Palin slow-news-week imbroglio is on the mark:
This base of support for Palin — maybe not that large, but very passionate, and very powerful in places like the Iowa Republican Caucuses — isn’t going to abandon her just because the Serious People in the GOP laugh her off in [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — During the presidential debate last night in Hempstead, N.Y., Sen. John McCain segued into explaining why Gov. Sarah Palin would make a better president than Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, by saying: “she’s a role model to women.”
McCain then sought to define Palin by her reformer bona-fides, including the [...]

ANCHORAGE — Gov. Sarah Palin announced today that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant and plans to marry the baby’s father, Politico reports. The couple plans to keep the baby.
The news clears up rumors that have been swirling on the Web — and in Anchorage bars — these last few days that Palin’s fifth [...]