ANCHORAGE — I just got off the phone with the very helpful city clerk at the Wasilla City Clerk’s office, Kristie Smithers, who is pulling some documents for me from when Gov. Sarah Palin was mayor.
I told her I appreciated her help, since I’m sure she’s been bombarded with More…
WASILLA, Alaska — Earlier today, First Lady Laura Bush urged us to remember Gov. Sarah Palin’s record as mayor of her hometown from 1996-2002 when assessing her experience. I agree.
Driving around this city today, I decided it looks more or less like a string of strip malls, 45 More…
Here at TWI we’ve been discussing how to cover the story of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s rise from relative obscurity to the national limelight as Sen. John McCain’s running mate. In a past life at Talking Points Memo, Alaska was an important part of my daily routine. I covered More…
Earlier today I was thinking about how I couldn’t help but admire Gov. Sarah Palin a little for breaking with Sen. Ted Stevens on his “bridge to nowhere.” Since then, plenty of people have disagreed with me on whether she actually did anything heroic, arguing she didn’t More…
Normally, I wouldn’t go out of my way to speak up for a candidate like Gov. Sarah Palin. But, setting aside her specific views on various policies like women’s health, the environment, gay rights, teaching creationism in public schools, etc., let me zero in on one point: Sen. Ted Stevens. More…
DAYTON, Ohio — The Swamp’s Jill Zuckman reports a “Republican source “– not the McCain campaign — confirmed Sen. John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. However, there are still reports that Palin is in Alaska. MSNBC reported earlier More…
McCain campaign communications director Jill Hazelbaker just appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” and coyly announced that the campaign will air a different kind of ad in “battleground states around the time of Sen. Barack Obama is speaking tonight.”
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