Sarah Palin

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On Tuesday, President Obama announced a ban on offshore drilling for oil and natural gas within several areas of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.

Pasadena, Calif.

Milwaukee

Sarah Palin endorsed Donald Trump for president in January, but in a clear sign that Trump isn't unifying the GOP, Sarah Palin's political action committee, SarahPAC, sent out a fundraising email today that doesn't mention Trump. Instead, the fundraising plea asks for money to help "elect new…

Hollywood is nominating former Gov. Sarah Palin for a seat on the courtroom TV bench.

After delivering an endorsement speech on behalf of Donald Trump on Tuesday evening, Sarah Palin failed to appear at a joint rally scheduled for the following morning. Perhaps Trump doesn’t like sharing the stage with somebody who has (almost) as much start power as him. Or, maybe more likely, the…

The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with senior writer John McCormack, live from Iowa, on whether Sarah Palin will push Donald Trump to a caucus win in Iowa.

Juneau, Alaska

Whatever one makes of either one of them, the similarities between Sarah Palin and Carly Fiorina (who’s just announced she’s running for president) stop more or less at the chromosomal level. Fiorina is an accomplished (if controversial) businesswoman; Palin, a half-term governor and television…

Matt Lewis has a column today over at the Daily Beast headlined, "You Betcha I Was Wrong About Sarah Palin: It’s time to admit that, whatever their motivation was at the time, the Alaska governor’s critics always had a point." I don't really disagree with much of what Matt says when it comes to…

The Des Moines Register reports:

Sarah Palin has endorsed Taylor Griffin in the Republican primary for North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Griffin announced the endorsement on his campaign website:

Karen Handel, a Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, has a new TV ad that pitches her as a "conservative fighter" who wants to "stop illegal immigration and Obamacare" and "cut spending."

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate, features heavily in a new TV ad from Georgia Senate candidate Karen Handel. "You know her background. You know her record," says Palin, who endorsed Handel two weeks ago. "The conservative who has walked the walk."

As far as political odd couples go, it doesn't get any odder than Sarah Palin and Jon Stewart. However, the two have come together to help veterans and have cut an ad in support of ACP AdvisorNet, which helps vets get jobs. ACP AdvisorNet is an innovative idea -- it's a virtual community service…

Sarah Palin, inspired by Ted Cruz's reading of Green Eggs and Ham during his filibuster last year, re-wrote the Dr. Seuss classic to whack Uncle Sam at CPAC today:

Asked by Sean Hannity about running for the U.S. Senate, Sarah Palin gave him an evasive answer (more non-answer, really), which the AP turned into a news story:

Charlotte Allen writes:

In a statement to THE WEEKLY STANDARD, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin offers some advice for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, this year's Republican ticket for president and vice president, respectively.

Former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has endorsed Sarah Steelman in the Missouri Republican primary for U.S. Senate. "I am deeply honored and humbled to have earned the endorsement of Governor Palin, whose willingness to stand up and fight for what is right, regardless…

Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has endorsed Ted Cruz in the Texas GOP Senate primary. Cruz, the former solicitor general, is facing lieutenant governor David Dewhurst in the May 29 election. From the Cruz campaign's press release:

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has endorsed Richard Mourdock over Dick Lugar for U.S. Senate in Indiana. From her Facebook page:

CNS News: "Ron Paul on If He'll Support Romney If He's GOP Nominee: 'I Haven’t Decided.'"

Nicolle Wallace was the onetime consultant to CBS News and media aide to George W. Bush who was assigned to work with Sarah Palin after the Alaska governor was chosen as John McCain’s running mate. It was Wallace who assured the McCain campaign that her dear friend Katie Couric, a committed liberal…

In an interview with the New York Times, Sarah Palin had this to say about the possibility of a brokered Republican convention:

Last night, Sean Hannity asked Sarah Palin whether she’d vote for Newt Gingrich in Florida. Palin replied, “Yeah, I’d keep the process going.” The 2008 vice presidential nominee and former Alaska governor said the key question is, “Who is best able to defend our republic?”  She argued, “We find out…

Courtesy of one friend, an old pro, three perhaps overlooked points in the sea of analysis of South Carolina and beyond:

Last night, referring to the Republican presidential race, Sean Hannity asked Sarah Palin, “You haven’t given an endorsement.  Are you gettin’ any closer to giving an endorsement?” The former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate replied: 

Andrew Stiles: "House Republicans Postpone Payroll Tax Vote"

Philip Klein: "Reid rewrites Senate rules with shocking move"

Kevin Williamson:  A (Steve) Jobs Agenda

Lots of interesting e-mails on the boss’s “Yikes.” This one, from a Republican who has held high elective office, is worth noting:

Washington Post: "U.N. showdown over Palestinian statehood tests limits of U.S. influence"

In her speech to a Tea Party gathering in Indianola, Iowa on Saturday, Sarah Palin criticized what she called "crony capitalism:" 

Damon Root: "Michael Lind: Libertarians "Apologize for Autocracy" and "Side with the Confederacy"

A new national poll from CNN/ORC International shows Rick Perry with a 13-point lead over Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Twenty-seven percent of the Republicans and independents polled chose Perry as the candidate they would most likely support. Romney received…

Bill Kristol and Steve Hayes, with A. B. Stoddard and Evan Bayh, yesterday on Fox News: 

A day after Sarah Palin released a campaign-like video documenting her recent trip to Iowa, veteran campaigner and former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove said he believes the former Alaska governor will enter the race for president. Byron York at the Washington Examiner reports:

Further fueling speculation that Sarah Palin will run for president, SarahPAC has released this gauzy campaign-grade video of her recent appearance at the Iowa state fair:

New York Times: "Petraeus Confident as He Leaves Afghanistan"

The Palin question for 2012 is still far from resolved, and Scott Conroy of RealClearPolitics files this curious report from Iowa:

PPP's latest poll of Florida Republicans shows Michele Bachmann surging to second place: 

In response to a report that she'd ended her bus tour early, Sarah Palin writes that the reason she's back in Alaska is because she has jury duty.

"Is Hugo Chavez Dying?"

Scott Conroy at RealClearPolitics reports that Sarah Palin has nixed--or at least postponed--visits to Iowa and South Carolina: 

We do! "Rick Perry Says Voters Want More Options in GOP Field"

It’s anybody's guess whether Sarah Palin will run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. If she does, she’s likely to benefit from a highly favorable documentary that highlights the part of her career least known to most Americans.

In case you doubted that Palin derangement syndrome is still one of the most potent forces in American politics, I give you MSNBC's Martin Bashir:

"Sarah Palin and her advisers are refusing to tell members of the media where she is going on her current bus tour - and the former Alaska governor seems to be enjoying the cat and mouse game that's resulted."

Scott Conroy of Real Clear Politics reports:

There’s no GOP operative for whom I have higher regard than former RNC chair and senior Bush advisor Ed Gillespie. He deserves to be taken seriously when he says (according to Politico): "For all intents and purposes, the field is set. The waiting is over. It's possible someone may get in later on,…

"Schumer: You’re damn right we’ll use Gingrich’s criticism of Ryan against the GOP"

Earlier today, the boss responded to an email from Ben Smith asking for reaction to Sarah Palin's foreign policy speech. The boss:

Two random thoughts on the book biz, prompted by a couple of casual encounters with print this week.

"Mean streak: Obama is not as nice as he looks"

Donald Trump: "Always Had a Great Relationship With The Blacks"

Did Glenn Beck make some sort of announcement today?

Giuliani: "We Cannot Create Another Iraq"

James O'Keefe has a new NPR video out and SPOILER ALERT: It's also really embarassing.

Sarah Palin has posted the full text of her address on her Facebook page:

Bill Kristol, on Fox News Sunday, made his prediction of whether Sarah Palin will run for president in 2012:

Via the Daily Caller, liberal writer Richard Wolffe mocked Sarah Palin on Hardball last night for saying she finds "divine inspiration" in the writings of C.S. Lewis."Divine inspiration from a series of kids books?," said Wolffe, apparently unaware that the author of the Chronicles of Narnia, a…

Sarah Palin becomes the first potential GOP presidential candidate to endorse Paul Ryan's fiscal "road map":

Just how Sarah is Sarah Palin’s Alaska, her new hit reality show on the TLC network? It’s soooo flippin’ Sarah, as Sarah would say. And it’s soooo Alaska, which Palin pronounces “A-LASK-ahhhh.” She repeats this on the show over and over again, as though we might forget where she’s from otherwise.…

On Glenn Beck's show earlier today, Sarah Palin accidentally said North Korea when she meant South Korea:

Yesterday, Sarah Palin seemed to say that if she were criticized by some in the GOP establishment "then I will know that I would probably do more harm that good to the cause":

Earlier this fall, Vanity Fair published an error-ridden and badly sourced hatchet job on Sarah Palin. It was par for the course. But it was disappointing nonetheless for anyone who hoped that, one day, the mainstream media would actually take Palin seriously and cover her in a responsible manner.

CBS:

As noted last week, the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. awarded its annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to 40-year-old Tina Fey, former writer/performer on Saturday Night Live (NBC) and current writer/producer/performer on 30 Rock (NBC). In the…

Take a look at the pin Sarah Palin wore during a rally over the weekend for Republican Senate candidate John Raese in Charleston, West Virginia:

A new Hays Research poll of the Alaska Senate race showing Joe Miller in third place is getting a lot of attention, but there actually hasn't been a lot of movement in this particular poll. Miller is exactly where he was a week ago, according to Hays: 

Sarah Palin defends Juan Williams's right to speak freely: 

Matt Continetti discussed Sarah Palin in an interactive chat with Washington Post readers. Here's a taste:

Matthew Continetti writes in the Washington Post on "Five myths about Sarah Palin." Here's one myth:

Yesterday, the anti-Palin blog Mudflats leaked an email that Todd Palin had sent to several people, in which he complained about something Alaska Republican senatorial candidate Joe Miller had (not) said about Sarah Palin's qualifications for the presidency. Predictably, a media frenzy ensued.

Fox News reports:

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In light of Sarah Palin's endorsement of Christine O'Donnell in the Delaware Senate primary, it's worth recalling that she hasn't always endorsed winning candidates. According to the Washington Post's Palin Endorsements Tracker (TM), 20 Palin-backed candidates have won, 10 have lost, and 13 haven't…

No direct quote from Sarah Palin yet (update: audio here), but on Sean Hannity's radio show this afternoon, Palin apparently endorsed conservative activist Christine O'Donnell in her campaign against moderate Congressman Mike Castle to be the Delaware GOP Senate nominee. Sean Hannity tweets:

Where was Sarah Palin last Friday night, before coming to Washington to speak at the Glenn Beck gathering Saturday?

Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. 

Sarah Palin responds to the president's comments on the Ground Zero mosque:

I look forward to the national media asking every New Hampshire Democrat and every leading national Democrat to denounce this sort of thing immediately. After all, words matter:

In the wake of the death of Ted Stevens, "Alaskan of the Century" Sarah Palin pays tribute on her Facebook page:

The New York Sun editorializes:

Tomorrow's GOP primary in Georgia could produce another victory for Republican kingmaker (or queenmaker) Sarah Palin. Last week, Palin endorsed Karen Handel, the Republican secretary of state, for governor over longtime insurance commissioner John Oxendine and former congressman Nathan Deal. The…