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The Palin Factor in Today’s Elections

By | 11.02.10 | 9:05 am

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) decided to lavish perhaps her last endorsement of the election cycle yesterday evening on former GOP Rep. Tom Tancredo, who’s now running for governor in Colorado as a member of the American Constitution Party and has pulled within striking distance of Denver mayor More…

Sierra Club Reacts to Meek’s Rejection

By | 10.07.10 | 4:54 pm

My colleague Luke Johnson got some reaction from the Sierra Club on Kendrick Meek’s rejection of the environmental group’s endorsement. Meek rejected the endorsement because the Sierra Club also endorsed his opponent for the Senate seat, Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running as an independent.

Johnson got in More…

Meek Rejects Sierra Club’s Endorsement

By | 10.07.10 | 4:04 pm

Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) rejected the Sierra Club’s endorsement today in his campaign for the Senate in Florida, citing frustration that the environmental group co-endorsed him and Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running for the Senate seat as an independent.

In a statement, Meek said:

This election is

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Will Palin’s Endorsement Change The Odds in Delaware?

By | 09.10.10 | 9:31 am

On late Tuesday, a Sarah Palin “retweet” with favorable words for Delaware GOP Senate primary candidate Christine O’Donnell provoked a controversy: was a retweet the same as a tweet? More importantly, did it count as an endorsement? O’Donnell, for her part, stayed coy: “No, that’s a retweet. That’s a, More…

Former Secretary of State Says Palin Not Ready

By | 10.31.08 | 11:08 am

With a new CBS/New York Times poll finding that 59 percent of registered voters don’t think Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is ready to be vice president, one of Sen. John McCain’s most prominent supporters is publicly saying what much of the rest of the country seems to More…

Obama Aide: We Would Welcome Powell Endorsement

By | 10.17.08 | 12:28 pm

ROANOKE, Va. — Colin Powell is back.

The most respected Republican foreign policy voice in America will speak on “Meet The Press” Sunday, sparking rumors about a potential presidential endorsement. Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign will be listening closely.

Obama spokesperson Linda Douglas said today that she has no news on More…