Sarah Palin’s Alaska: Out Here Being Free

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- JP

Joe Miller gains over 900 votes in first absentee count

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In the first day of absentee ballot counting in Alaska, Joe Miller has narrowed Sen. Lisa Murkowski's lead by about 900 votes.

The Division of Elections has put out a big statewide update, which includes the districts reported already as well as new ones (will take a little time to figure out just which ones.)

The bottom line in the update is that the state is now reporting that it's counted over 8,000 absentee and early votes today.

The write-ins lead Joe Miller by 12,525 votes. That represents a 914 vote gain for Miller in today's count of absentee and early votes. The write-in lead was 13,439 the start of the day.

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The Miller campaign says there are roughly 37,000 absentee ballots still outstanding.

- JP

Sarah Palin presents policy prescription to STFDA in Phoenix

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In her keynote address to the Specialty Tool and Fasteners Distributors Association in Phoenix, AZ, Monday, Sarah Palin offered suggestions for getting the U.S. economy out of the recession:

Repeal "Obamacare": While no one understands everything in the bill yet, it's becoming clear that small businesses will bear the brunt of the legislation, Palin says. "We need real, patient-centered, free market reform," instead of "unfunded mandates" such as the national health care reform, she says.

Stop unnecessary spending to cut the deficit: "We have a spending problem," Palin asserts, referencing the current $1.3 trillion federal budget deficit. Palin suggests cutting non-essential spending and reforming entitlement programs such as Social Security. But, she cautions, "We have to reform them in a responsible compassionate way."

Taxes aren't the answer, she says. "Corporate America doesn't pay taxes; we the consumers do," she says. "We have to remind the government of that."

Instead, Palin suggests freezing discretionary spending at 2008 levels and moving forward with a zero-base budget.

Cancel federal programs and cut earmarks: "When I was the governor, I reduced earmarks by 85 percent," Palin says. "And we did just fine."

Canceling the remaining TARP and ARRA funds and putting that money towards the deficit would help move the country in the right direction, she says.

Make smart policy; stop bad policy: The "endless stream" of new legislation is only succeeding in the federal government "micro-managing the economy," Palin warns.

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Gov. Palin said that bad policies aren't coming only from Congress and the President, but also from the Federal Reserve Bank, which wants to pump money into the economy by buying treasury bonds.

More on her speech from a blogger who was there.

- JP

Bachus likely to regret blaming GOP Senate losses on Sarah Palin

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The Daily Caller's Jonathan Strong, citing an email from Gov. Palin, explains why U.S. Congressman Spencer Bachus of Alabama may already be regretting his comments to a local newspaper that "Palin cost us control of the Senate." Bachus, you see, is currently engaged in a battle for chairmanship of the House financial services committee with Rep. Ed Royce of California:

Palin’s comments are important because they could provide a major boost to Royce, who is campaigning against Bachus in part by arguing his record is more conservative.

Referring to Bachus’s votes for government bailouts for Wall Street and the “Cash for Clunkers” program, which Palin called “the Bachus bigger government agenda,” Palin told The Daily Caller via e-mail, “No wonder he’s not thrilled with people like me, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and all the others who also endorsed commonsense conservative candidates.”

Palin’s involvement in the race, even while tangential, could be crucial given that many of the 80-some conservative freshman lawmakers coming to Washington are Tea Party-backed or otherwise aggressive conservatives.

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Gov. Palin's characterization of Bachus is backed up by his voting record. While Royce voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Bachus voted for TARP twice. Royce also voted against the “Cash for Clunkers” program, while Bachus voted for it.

- JP

Bush to Rush: 'I never said that' about Sarah Palin

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Rush Limbaugh interviewed former president George W. Bush today. They had the following exchange which completely refutes a bogus NY Daily News hit piece which is being pushed around the moonbatosphere by the lying left:

Rush: "I want to give you a chance to comment on something. There are stories going around that do not quote you -- that quote "associates" or "friends" -- saying that you are telling them that Sarah Palin was a bad choice by Senator McCain to be vice president..."

Bush: "Yeah."

Rush: " - And that she -"

Bush: "I had never said that, of course, nor have I read it about it. I'm not going to comment on anybody that might be running for president. But that's what happens in today's world and blogosphere, you know. People get to hide behind some code name or something. They toss out gossip and rumor and it floats around the internet. I never said that and never would have said that."

Yet another leftist lie by the lamestream media exposed... How many does that make? There have been so many false stories they've propagated about Gov. Palin that we've lost count.

The full transcript of the interview is here.

- JP

Gov. Palin speaks in Pennsylvania today

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Sarah Palin will appear at multiple events in Bucks County, Pennsylvania today. She will speak at the Plumstead Christian School this afternoon, and she will also participate in two fundraising events for the school this evening:


- JP

ALG's Rick Manning: Don't blame Sarah Palin

The GOP establishment lost the Senate
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On The Hill's Pundits Blog, Rick Manning, communications director of Americans for Limited Government, stands up for Gov. Palin, who is under attack by a GOP establishment which is trying to blame her for its own failure to win the Senate in the midterm elections:

Sarah Palin did not cast a single vote in Delaware, Kentucky, Florida, Utah, Colorado or Nevada. Republican voters in those states did. The fact that the candidates “chosen” by the professional Republican class in D.C. failed to impress Republican Party voters enough to win their respective nominations should be a wake-up call for the D.C. Republican know-it-alls, who think they should choose the “right” candidate and the rest of America should just accept their omniscient judgment.

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This rebellion by the masses against the Republican establishment is borne out by poll after poll showing that Republicans (read — establishment Republicans) are not held in particularly high esteem by the voters, even those who identify themselves as Republicans.

Sarah Palin has captured this sentiment, and helped provide voters with choices through her endorsement of alternative candidates.

Palin, who has personally felt the barbs and snickers of the Republican establishment, has given hope to Republicans across the nation that they don’t have to settle for Democrat-lite candidates who represent their values in party affiliation only.

Unfortunately, those who want to blame Palin are missing the basic fact that if they identified and supported candidates who were strong advocates of the free-enterprise system rather than hollowed-out cores running in Republican suits, their candidates would have won.

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- JP

More Quote of the Day Honorable Mention, Part 150

"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" Edition
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Paul Monies at NewsOK.com:

"Sure, it’s two years away, but it’s never too early to set up political action committees if you’re considering a run for president. So far, three potential Republican candidates have started Oklahoma PACs that are tied to the national ones they’ve already established at the Federal Elections Commission. The state PACs allow them to donate to various candidates or issues in Oklahoma... Last month, former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin started an Oklahoma PAC."

Democrat strategist Kirsten Powers via The Liberty Musings Blog:

"They don’t understand what’s going on in the country if they think that they can stop her."

James Nava at The Americano:

"Sarah Palin has become a dynamic and mobilizing force for American conservatism, has a wide social base supporting her and good communication skills. She needs more political support, but she’s working hard on it in the most-active pre-campaigns that we have ever seen, with the ability to communicate and capture what the majority of citizens want for this country."

Steven Fishman at The World Of Politics:

"Sarah Palin... seems to give the Tea Party some creditability. If I was a Democrat, I would be very worried in 2012."

Amy Siskind at The Daily Caller:

"The Republican Party, perhaps unwittingly, has become decidedly more pro-women in 2010. Sarah Palin can take credit for much progress here. Not only has Palin endorsed and elevated women in the GOP, she also continually speaks out and defends them from sexism... The challenge now for the GOP is to evolve. They’ve set the pace in 2010 by being the party of the first woman governors in South Carolina, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Further, the party of the country’s first Indian-American woman governor, and New Mexico’s first elected Latina governor. Now, the real challenge begins."

Linda Turley-Hansen in the East Valley Tribune:

"Gov. Palin has been the bull's eye for every hate barb looking for a target. It's impossible to compute the animosity she absorbs as she remains resilient."

David A. Patten at Newsmax:

"Iowa, with the first date on the primary calendar, plays a critical role in selecting the GOP presidential nominee. [Rep. Steve] King... believes Palin would be able to 'build a base pretty quickly' there. One Palin advantage: She gave an early endorsement to GOP Gov.-elect Terry Branstad, who on Tuesday became the first candidate in 48 years to unseat an incumbent Iowa governor (Democrat Chet Culver). Huckabee, by contrast, had endorsed Branstad's GOP opponent, tea party favorite Bob Vander Plaats, in the primary. Now that the midterm elections are in the rearview mirror, all eyes are looking toward 2012. As arguably the only bona fide GOP celebrity, Palin already is sucking a lot of oxygen out of the room... King says Palin's brand of politics would make her a formidable force in the Hawkeye State... adding that Palin would be a serious competitor in the Iowa caucuses, which often serve as a springboard to the rest of the primaries."

Pragmatic American:

"For those who appear to believe Sarah Palin is a dope, then why does she clearly see the problems here, and the Fed Chairman, Ben Bernanke, does not?"

Clifton B at Another Black Conservative:

"I remember a few days just before the elections last week, a talking head was saying that one of the sure signs that Palin would run would be her switching gears from campaign rhetoric to policy discussions. Since Tuesday’s elections I have noticed two policy discussions from Palin. The first was some pretty solid advice for Republicans taking over the House that appeared in the National Review the day after their big wins. The second is Palin['s speech Monday] in Phoenix. In this speech she tells Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to 'cease and desist' with the very dicey QE2 monetary policy... The left and some of Palin’s distracters on the right have all been faulting her or being too light on policy. I have a feeling they are going to be getting a whole lot more policy from Palin in the very near future."

Moe Lane at RedState.com:

"THAT WOMAN 1, Wall Street Journal 0"

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air:

"Does the press ever tire of underestimating Sarah Palin? The latest to assume that Palin doesn’t research her topics is — surprisingly — the venerable Wall Street Journal, and on the equally surprising topic of economics... The point Palin made was that taking a voyage on the QE2 would make a difficult issue for consumers and retailers much worse through the deliberate introduction of even higher inflation, an explicit motivation behind the Fed’s actions. So Palin was right once again, and once again a reporter winds up with egg on face from starting out with an assumption that Palin couldn’t possibly know what she’s talking about. Lather, rinse, repeat."

The AP via Stix Blog:

"DeMint’s political action committee helped tea party candidates in Tuesday’s election. He’s also crediting Sarah Palin, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for inspiring tea partiers."

Man of the West at Fear an Iarthair:

"Elsewhere in the blogosphere, it is opined that a hypothetical Sarah Palin presidential cabinet would be composed of ideologues and hacks. The weird part is that I'm 90 percent sure that it would never occur to the writer(s) that others might think that such an objection indicates willful blindness. After seeing President Obama appoint Van Jones, for cryin' out loud, to the position of 'green jobs czar' (and that is only one example), it is hard to believe that anyone could have missed the president's own predilection for appointing ideologues and hacks, but apparently he/they have done just that. Or chosen to ignore it."

Carrie Devorah at Blue Star Chronicles:

"Come on guys. I hope you can find something better than this to throw at Sarah Palin. Oh wait, you already have thrown everything else at her. I guess an 'accidental favorite' controversy is the best they can do at this point."

Sonny Palermo at I Hate The Media:

"The midterm election results prove Sarah Palin continues to be a formidable force in US politics. Since facts bear this out as most of her candidates won, MSNBC was left with no choice but to make stuff up about her. In other words, it was business as usual at the leftist network. In between their usual sniping snippets of FOX envy, and snark-snogged attacks on all things conservative, the President’s propaganda channel dedicated delusional Ed Schultz’s closing segment to an ad hominem Palin attack, along with the obligatory bobble-head guest bought on to parrot his points, this time in the form of HuffPo’s Roy Sekoff, who mimicked the host with his 'The Palin factor is really no factor at all.' Really, gentlemen? ... 'MSNBC – Never let the facts get in the way of a good story'"

- JP

Dunn: GOP insiders should reconsider trying to stop Sarah Palin

They tried to stop Reagan, too
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Charles W. Dunn, a professor of government at Regent University, warns the GOP establishment of the perils of underestimating Governor Palin:

Mrs. Palin appeals to the very same people Reagan appealed to, including conservatives of several persuasions - economic, political, religious and social. She is the one person in the Republican Party who has burnished credentials in all spheres of the conservative coalition. Her every word commands center stage on television.

Reagan was not a "policy wonk." Neither is Mrs. Palin. Like Reagan, she does not devote herself to the minutiae of public policy details, but rather, she leads by instinct, based upon her guiding principles of right and wrong. When Reagan's advisers tried to prep him for presidential debates by reading thick manuals, he refused. Rather, he brought to the debates a set of well-honed conservative principles. So far, Sarah Palin looks like she is cut from the same cloth.

Reagan and Mrs. Palin have "skin comfort." As former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown said of her Republican National Convention address: "Her timing was exquisite. She didn't linger with applause but instead launched into line after line of attack, slipping the knives in with every smile and joke. She delivered it like she was just BS-ing on the street with the meter maid. She didn't have to prove she was 'of the people.' She really is the people." Likewise, Reagan exuded that same comfort with his persona whether delivering major speeches or dealing with members of Congress.

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In 2010, no prospective Republican presidential candidate has collected more IOUs than Sarah Palin, whose endorsements and encouragement have propelled many otherwise unknown candidates and likely losers into creditable and more often than not victorious races for office. Reagan collected his IOUs in 1980 after traveling the country on behalf of conservative candidates.

Time and circumstance merged for Ronald Reagan. They could for Sarah Palin, too, especially if the Republican establishment scorns her as it did Reagan...

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- JP

Day By Day (November 9, 2010)

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Quote of the Day (November 8, 2010)

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Julie Hirschfeld Davis of The Associated Press:

"Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Tim Scott of South Carolina, who won endorsements by Sarah Palin and support from tea party activists, are part of a 22-member team charged with crafting new rules and smoothing the GOP's shift from minority to majority... Two other freshmen, Cory Gardner of Colorado and Martha Roby of Alabama [both endorsed by Gov. Palin], are also on the roster."

- JP

Sarah Palin: Do WSJ Reporters Read the Wall Street Journal?

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Gov. Palin took to Facebook Monday to answer yet another lamestream media attack dog:

Do Wall Street Journal Reporters Read the Wall Street Journal?

Ever since 2008, people seem inordinately interested in my reading habits. Among various newspapers, magazines, and local Alaskan papers, I read the Wall Street Journal.

So, imagine my dismay when I read an article by Sudeep Reddy in today’s Wall Street Journal criticizing the fact that I mentioned inflation in my comments about QE2 in a speech this morning before a trade-association. Here’s what I said: “everyone who ever goes out shopping for groceries knows that prices have risen significantly over the past year or so. Pump priming would push them even higher.”

Mr. Reddy takes aim at this. He writes: “Grocery prices haven’t risen all that significantly, in fact.” Really? That’s odd, because just last Thursday, November 4, I read an article in Mr. Reddy’s own Wall Street Journal titled “Food Sellers Grit Teeth, Raise Prices: Packagers and Supermarkets Pressured to Pass Along Rising Costs, Even as Consumers Pinch Pennies.”

The article noted that “an inflationary tide is beginning to ripple through America's supermarkets and restaurants…Prices of staples including milk, beef, coffee, cocoa and sugar have risen sharply in recent months.”

Now I realize I’m just a former governor and current housewife from Alaska, but even humble folks like me can read the newspaper. I’m surprised a prestigious reporter for the Wall Street Journal doesn’t.

- Sarah Palin

Unlike their reporter Sudeep Reddy, the Wall Street Journal's editors found much to admire in Gov. Palin's NRO op-ed:

The former Alaskan Governor showed sound political and economic instincts by inveighing forcefully against the Federal Reserve's latest round of quantitative easing. According to the prepared text of remarks that she released to National Review online, Mrs. Palin also exhibited a more sophisticated knowledge of monetary policy than any major Republican this side of Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan.

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Mrs. Palin's remarks may have the beneficial effect of bringing the dollar back to the center of the American political debate, not to mention of the GOP economic platform. Republican economic reformers of the 1970s and 1980s—especially Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp—understood the importance of stable money to U.S. prosperity.

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Mrs. Palin is way ahead of her potential Presidential competitors on this policy point, and she shows a talent for putting a technical subject in language that average Americans can understand.

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- JP

SarahPAC offers signed copy of 'America By Heart' for $100 donation

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In the email below, SarahPAC is offering a free signed copy of the governor's forthcoming second book to $100 donors:

Dear Friends,

Last week, the American people sent a political shockwave through Washington! Conservatives prevailed all over the country and a record number of seats changed hands. A victory like this, for free-markets, limited government, and American exceptionalism, could not have happened without the help of grassroots volunteers, donors, and Patriots like you!

With the generous contributions of our wonderful donors, SarahPAC was able to support many worthy conservative candidates this election cycle. Out of the twenty Obamacare-voting Democrats identified on our Take Back the 20 website, 18 were defeated by conservative candidates with SarahPAC support. We are very humbled to have been a part of this historic wave election and we are confident that the new class of conservatives heading to Washington in January will go on to do great things for their constituents, and our nation.

In the wake of this conservative reawakening, we are excited to be able to give SarahPAC supporters the chance to receive a signed copy of America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag with each contribution of $100. In this new book, Sarah sheds light on the roots of the faith and values that have shaped her outlook on everything from family to current events and the political world.

The contributions will be used to support our freshly-minted conservative officeholders as well as commonsense conservative candidates in the less visible, but vitally important run-offs, special elections, and off-year races in the coming months and years. Of course, donations of any amount are welcome and greatly appreciated!

Even though we can breathe a sigh of relief now that the People's House has been returned to its rightful owners, we still have a long, difficult road ahead to completely stop the damaging liberal agenda that is still being pushed in Washington.

Thank you for your support and congratulations on this great victory for America and those who love her!

Your Friends at SarahPAC

- JP

More Quote of the Day Honorable Mention, Part 149

"My Girl" Edition
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Mark Vogl at America Today:

"Sarah Palin is being insulted, condemned, and mocked. But... she is not being ignored. If Sarah could not win she would have faded out of sight long ago... Sarah Palin is a potential Ronald Reagan. She is a heroine. She is a powerful speaker and leader. Sarah is unique, a stand alone. Would I want my daughters to be like Sarah Palin...you bet. Would I want my nation led by Sarah Palin...you bet. Since McCain lost, people have been trying to convince the rest of us that Sarah is a bimbo, or not intelligent enough to run the nation...all they have succeeded in doing is making me even more faithful to this patriot. I dont want a rookie running... I don't want Marco Rubio...give him some [time]... I dont want Romney or Perry... Nope Sarah's my girl."

Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters:

"PBS's Mark Shields on Friday said Sarah Palin's decision to resign as the governor of Alaska is 'like Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick.' ... So resigning as governor to pursue other political endeavors is in the same league as drowning a woman and fleeing the scene of the crime?"

Phillip Elliott at The Daily Caller:

"More than three dozen of the Republicans she supported won seats in Congress to challenge President Barack Obama and possibly smooth a presidential run by their benefactor... Palin earned high-wattage allies in early nominating states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina should she seek the White House in two years. The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee backed winning candidates from Washington state to Florida, but her political heft went to like-minded conservatives in states that could prove critical to a presidential campaign."

Darleen Click at Protein Wisdom:

"Palin has no right to use 'mama grizzlies' because the bears are pro-abortion or something..."

Examiner Anthony G. Martin:

"In a stunning double-[pronged] statement in the aftermath of the largest Republican gains in Congress since 1938, RINO Senator Lindsey Graham, R-SC, and former Senator Trent Lott blame Sarah Palin and the Tea Party for the failure to capture control of the Senate... 62 candidates endorsed by Palin won. 23 lost. 7 are yet to be decided. No matter which method of calculation is used, that is an extraordinary record of success... The problem with the GOP is that it tolerates people like Lindsey Graham and Trent Lott, who are a prescription for failure. Americans made it clear they do not want compromise with Obama's runaway spending and reckless manner of governing. They want roll-backs, cuts, and common-sense solutions to problems, NOT a Leftwing extremist ideology that RINOS such as Graham are all too willing to compromise with."

Doug Brady at Conservatives4 Palin:

"For all the talk of Palin's unalectability by beltway Republicans with ulterior motives, there can be no doubt that Tuesday’s 'national' election was a contest by proxy between Obama and Palin. We all know who won that contest, and it wasn't close."

Peter Wilson at American Thinker:

"Perhaps with more support from people like [Peggy] Noonan, O'Donnell and Angle could have won their elections, which by definition would make them qualified candidates... Sarah Palin might not be my first choice in the 2012 primaries, but, for crying out loud, she's on our side! Palin is a friend of conservatism, not an enemy--to use our President's language. It's unfortunate that a talented and intelligent writer like Noonan spends time in her first post-election column attacking a solid conservative, when there are so many nincompoops on the Left promoting policies that are destructive to the country."

Perry de Havilland at samizdata.net:

"Often the quality of a person can be judged by who their are enemies... and that means Sarah Palin is looking more appealing by the day."

The Lonely Conservative:

"It’s not just Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann getting bashed by some on the right, but they’re the most visible of late... This bashing of two very popular Republican women is just plain stupid. We’re all on the same team and these are serious times. This isn’t about the political careers of individuals. It’s about the future of our republic. The candidate who best makes the case is the candidate we should support. Trying to take down members of your own team isn’t the way to do that."

Anchorage Activist at Alaska Pride:

"So it's O.K. for Joe McGinniss to invade the privacy of the Palin family for a profit-making enterprise, but it's not O.K. for the Discovery Channel to show McGinniss' mug on T.V.? Talk about rank hypocrisy..."

Renee Ellmers:

"Many people have expressed their disappointment that the National Republican Congressional Committee refused to help. Well, as President Reagan used to say, Sometimes you have to make a politician feel the heat to see the light. Whether it is due to Sarah Palin or Rush Limbaugh or all the bloggers helping us, the NRCC has seen the light. They have wired my Recount Fund $5,000 and committed to help us raise money. I am grateful for their help and, from here, we take one step at a time... if you can, please send a contribution to the Renee Ellmers for Congress Recount Fund."

Paul Holmesin the New Zealand Herald:

"Sarah Palin is a greater phenomenon than ever... She is frightened of no one."

John Ziegler via Hot Air:

"There is no doubt that the coverage of Palin has evolved in her favor and she deserves credit fot that. In the ultimate karate move she now gets stronger every time one [of] the usual suspects with nothing else to complain about levies an unfair attack on her. Of course, the ultimate irony here is that since the media covers nearly everything she does, it gives her infinitely more power, and the reason they do that is not because they like/respect her, but because she is great for ratings... But make no mistake, if Palin runs for President, especially if she wins the nomination, the media bias against her will be beyond extreme."

Mario Canseco at Angus Reid Global Monitor:

"With the mid-terms out of the way, Palin can concentrate on trying to move some of her personal numbers. In a July Angus Reid Public Opinion poll, 51 per cent of Republicans thought she would make a good president, practically tied with other prospective contenders..."

Luke Matthews at RedState.com:

"I knew the leftwing mainstream media would come out of this election cycle with their knives drawn, but I guess I was naive enough to believe they’d try to report with at least a modicum of truth trapped deeply within the web of their lies. The New York Daily Worker News decided that it would play fast and loose with the truth in a bizarro article about how 'W' despises Sarah Palin. Since Oprah couldn’t trap 'W' on her show with a jaundiced question about Palin’s readiness as presidential timber, the NYDN just made up a story. In a journalistic ethical lapse that TMZ or E! wouldn’t have committed, they found someone who believes Bush dished Palin, maybe, we think, our Magic 8-ball suggests."

- JP

NY Sun Editorial: Palin v. Bernanke

She is now out in front of yet another issue
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The Sun's editors say that Gov. Palin's warning to the Fed chairman puts her out front on the debate over the dollar:

One of the questions in respect of 2012 is how it has happened that the only major Republican figure, aside from Congressman Ron Paul, to stand up and be counted on the dollar is Sarah Palin. She is supposed to be an ex-beauty queen without a lot of sophistication. Yet she is reportedly scheduled to be in Phoenix today delivering a major address challenging the plan of the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, to inflate the dollar. Snippets of her text were put up Sunday on the National Review Online and began immediately rocketing around the globe, no doubt in part because of the Palinesque phrasing, in which she called on Mr. Bernanke to “cease and desist.”

Now we don’t mind saying that the Sun has been looking forward to the Alaskan breaking out on this issue. In October 2009, we issued an editorial called “Palin and Paul.” We noted that those waiting for a politician to pick up on the monetary issue were perking up to a posting on Mrs. Palin’s Facebook page. In it she had noted that the Gulf oil states were reported to be negotiating with Russia about abandoning the dollar as a unit of pricing, observed that an official of the United Nations had called for a new world reserve currency, and, most importantly, warned that the value of the dollar was collapsing in terms of gold. Her posting, we wrote, suggested that she was ahead of the rest of the undeclared contenders for 2012.

At the time, the value of a dollar had slid to just less than a 1,000th of an ounce of gold. Today it has plunged to barely better than a 1,400th of an ounce of gold. In other words, in the year since Mrs. Palin took up this issue, the Bernanke Dollar — or the Obama Dollar, or the Pelosi, as we’ve sometimes called it — has lost a third of its value. The chairman of the Federal Reserve is now on an announced plan to try to inflate it further. So far the Congress that has oversight of the Federal Reserve has been largely mute, though there have been some notable exceptions (Congressman Paul Ryan, for example, and Dr. Ron Paul, of course; among the big newspapers, only the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal has been in front of this issue).

We were struck, reading the Robert Costa’s National Review advance on Mrs. Palin’s speech, with the reach of her warning. She attacked QE2, as the second quantitative easing of monetary policy is called, head on.

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The editors conclude, "she is now out in front of yet another issue as there is about to convene a new Congress of the United States in which she has a brace of allies indebted to her for her help in getting elected. Mr. Bernanke seems to have blithely ignored his other critics, but it will be more dangerous to ignore the Mamma Grizzly."

h/t: Benyamin Korn

- JP

Day By Day (November 8, 2010)

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Quote of the Day (November 7, 2010)

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The Sage of Mount Airy:

"I suspect Ronald Reagan, were he still with us, would not only wrap his arms around Sarah Palin, he would also proudly point to her as an American success story, an example of what anyone, man or woman, can do in this great country. He would then wink and remind us that, even better, she was a solid conservative Republican to boot. But not so Peggy Noonan. As much as she rushes to defend and celebrate her hero Ronald Reagan, I'm afraid she did not learn all that much from his example. What does she do to Sarah Palin, who, as far as I know, has never done anything to her? She mocks her. She looks for opportunities to mock her. She invents opportunities to mock her. Why? I don't know fully, but I'm beginning to think we'll need to resurrect Dr. Freud in order to answer that one."

- JP

Gov. Palin to challenge Fed monetary policy in Monday speech

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NRO's Robert Costa reports that Monday in Phoenix, Sarah Palin will criticize Federal Reserve monetary policy and challenge chairman Ben Bernanke to stop printing money. The Fed, she says, is flirting with inflation. NRO has obtained some excerpts from the governor’s prepared remarks, a few of which we present here (Read the rest at NRO's The Corner blog):

I’m deeply concerned about the Federal Reserve’s plans to buy up anywhere from $600 billion to as much as $1 trillion of government securities.

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Where will all this money printing on an unprecedented scale take us? Do we have any guarantees that QE2 won’t be followed by QE3, 4, and 5, until eventually – inevitably – no one will want to buy our debt anymore? What happens if the Fed becomes not just the buyer of last resort, but the buyer of only resort?

All this pump priming will come at a serious price. And I mean that literally: everyone who ever goes out shopping for groceries knows that prices have risen significantly over the past year or so. Pump priming would push them even higher. And it’s not just groceries. Oil recently hit a six month high, at more than $87 a barrel. The weak dollar – a direct result of the Fed’s decision to dump more dollars onto the market – is pushing oil prices upwards. That’s like an extra tax on earnings. And the worst part of it: because the Obama White House refuses to open up our offshore and onshore oil reserves for exploration, most of that money will go directly to foreign regimes who don’t have America’s best interests at heart.

We shouldn’t be playing around with inflation. It’s not for nothing Reagan called it “as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber, and as deadly as a hit man.”

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Paul West: Will Sarah Palin back Michael Steele for another term at RNC?

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Some RNC members expect Gov. Palin to support Michael Steele for a second term as chairman of the Republican Party, according to the Baltimore Sun's Paul West:

The duo appeared together on Steele's recent coast-to-coast "Fire Pelosi" bus tour. And Steele came to Palin's defense on national television this week, telling critics of the former Alaska governor to "shut up."

Palin's endorsement would be a valuable asset in the coming chairmanship fight and could help counter those who say Steele is the wrong person to head the party going into the 2012 presidential cycle.

Steele has not publicly announced his candidacy, but he's campaigning hard for another two-year term. According to RNC insiders, he's already lined up half the votes he needs.

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RNC spokesman Doug Heye has been quoted as saying that Steele and Palin have a "great working relationship." If she runs for president, could it hurt to have the top guy at national party headquarters watching out for her interests?

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- JP

Joe McGinness: Hey, can't a stalker get a little privacy here?

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Aw, poor Joe McGinniss can't even take a little taste of his own medicine. Doug Powers explains:

Remember Joe McGinniss, Todd and Sarah Palin’s creepy stalker neighbor guy who moved in next door until the end of summer, in order to finish a book he was writing about the Palins?

It seems that McGinniss is distraught at his inclusion in the show “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.”

From Dave Weigel at Slate:

McGinniss’s attorney Dennis Holahan has requested that McGinniss’s image be removed from the show as “he was not aware that any camera crew was in fact videotaping him,” and the description of him in the show was “defamatory.” (McGinniss has repeatedly objected to Palin’s assertion that he could, or even wanted to, spy on her kids from the house — an assertion she made again in the show.)

I understand McGinniss’s objection to being defamed… because if I was working on a book about somebody’s family and I moved in next door to them while I completed the book, I’d expect nothing short of complete acceptance and high praise.

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No /sarc tag needed...

- JP