Miller Campaign: Absentee Ballots Breaking for Joe

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From the Joe Miller Campaign website:

As of this posting, with about 27,000 absentee ballots counted, voters have added over 2100 net votes to Joe Miller.

That leaves approximately 11,333 votes between Joe Miller and “Write-In” ballots.

There are about 12,400 absentee ballots yet to be counted, as well as more than 12,200 “questioned” ballots to be counted, starting Friday.

Below is the Miller campaign’s predictions for Joe Miller’s “Path to Victory” (click to see full size):

Stay tuned to this website for updates.

- JP

Sarah Palin: Driving the Dollar Down

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On Facebook Wednesday, Gov. Palin again criticized President Obama for his failure to reign in the Fed's disastrous monetary policy:

Obama’s Clever Way to Punt the Tough Calls: Driving the Dollar Down

In his press conference on Monday, President Obama responded to critics of the Federal Reserve’s decision to start a new round of quantitative easing – a fancy term for printing money out of thin air. He claimed this move would drive up U.S. growth rates. He also warned that “the worst thing that could happen to the world economy, not just ours but the entire world’s economy is if we end up being stuck with no growth or very limited growth.”

The latter is certainly true. It would be a global disaster if the U.S. economy remained permanently stuck in the mud. But the same cannot be said of his claim that the Fed’s experiment in pump priming would automatically lead to increased economic growth. By the time this experiment is over, QE will make us queasy.

Will driving the dollar down in this way do anything to boost U.S. exports? The short answer is not really. A weaker dollar will temporarily boost exports by making our goods cheaper to sell; but inevitably other countries will respond in kind, triggering the kind of currency wars economists are warning us about. It’s precisely to prevent this scenario that World Bank President Robert Zoellick recently came out in favor of some new type of gold standard or “international reference point.”

Will QE2 then at least boost domestic investment? No, again. As I explained in my speech in Phoenix, the reason banks aren’t lending and businesses aren’t investing isn’t because of insufficient access to credit. There’s plenty of money around, it’s just that no one’s willing to spend it. Big businesses especially have been hoarding cash. They’re not expanding or adding to their workforce because there’s just too much uncertainty created by a lot of big government experiments that aren’t working. It’s the President’s own policies that are creating this uncertainty.

The President is an educated man. I would hope that he knows these things as well as you and I do. So why then, if he knows it won’t really boost our exports or our domestic investments, would he still come out in defense of this dangerous experiment? I think the most plausible answer has to do with the debt. As liberal economist Paul Krugman has explained, a little inflation goes a long way towards driving down the value of the enormous national debt Obama has run up. And the higher the inflation, the greater the likelihood he won’t have to take any of the tough decisions needed to bring the deficit back down. In other words, pushing inflation upwards means you can have your cake and eat it too. You can spend all you like and then make the bill disappear by driving down the value of the dollar – buying with one hand the debt your reckless spending is issuing with the other. No need to cut spending, folks, just run the printing presses. It’s a win-win scenario.

Or maybe not. Because I fear there will be plenty of losers if this really happens, not least the millions of Americans who’ll see the value of their incomes and savings eroded. As the chair of the President’s own Debt Reduction Task Force, former CBO director Alice Rivlin explained, this sort of policy is no good. Sooner or later – probably sooner rather than later – it will come back to bite us in the behind. Rivlin warned: “As our debt mounts, the risk grows that our creditors, especially foreign creditors who own half our debt, will lose confidence in our ability to get our house in order and will demand dramatically higher interest rates.” Obviously, that’s even more likely to happen when they figure out that the Fed is deliberately driving down the value of the dollars they already hold. When they do lose confidence, Rivlin explained, that will spell disaster for our economy, “derailing the economic recovery and ballooning the cost of servicing the federal debt.”

If the President was serious about getting the economy moving again, he’d stop supporting the Fed’s dangerous experiments with our currency and focus instead on what actually works: reducing government spending and boosting business investment through good old fashioned supply side reforms (cutting taxes and reducing overly burdensome regulations). Simply running the printing presses in order to avoid paying off your debts is no way for a great nation to behave.

- Sarah Palin

- JP

The Morning News: Sarah Palin brings political star power to Dallas

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Gov. Palin is in Big D to "Celebrate an evening of hope" tonight:

Sarah Palin, perhaps the hottest commodity in the Republican Party, returns to Dallas today as a potential political kingmaker and a strong contender for the GOP nomination for president.

Local politicians recognize her value. In town for an event sponsored by Heroic Media, a conservative group that helps women with unexpected pregnancies, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee will share the stage with two Texas politicians eyeing a bigger stage.

Gov. Rick Perry , fresh from his thumping of former Houston Mayor Bill White for an unprecedented third full term as governor, will join Palin at the Majestic Theatre in the middle of his tour promoting his new book, Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington.

Also appearing with the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate will be Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012, and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who handily won reelection Nov. 2. WBAP radio talk show host Mark Davis, who often fills in for Rush Limbaugh, will be the master of ceremonies.

- JP

Gov. Palin wows the crowd at Bucks County fundraiser

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At a fundraiser expected to bring in $250,000 for a Philadelphia area Christian school Tuesday night, Sarah Palin teased her audience with the prospect of a 2012 presidential run:

After an alumnus of the private school, north of Doylestown in Bucks County, finished an uplifting performance of "God Bless America," she coyly asked him, "Would you like to sing that at an Inauguration?"

It was just what the crowd... wanted to hear. For an hour, the audience of students, parents and alumni listened as the former Alaska governor delivered a speech that was part homespun tales from the Palin household and part hardball tea party politics.

At the end of her program, the school's chancellor, Dean Whiteway, returned to the question on everyone's mind: Under what circumstances would she consider running for president?

"Goodness gracious," Palin answered. "I'm speechless."

She said it would take "prayerful consideration and polling of my family" before she would make up her mind on whether to run in 2012. "I would be in it to win it," Palin said. "I wouldn't do it just to shake things up." She added, "I would certainly have to put a lot more thought into it than what I could give you today."

The governor devoted much of her speech to the idea of American exceptionalism and the nation's Judeo-Christian heritage:

"We must continue to build on our Judeo-Christian heritage, and it's nothing to apologize for," Palin, hero of the surging tea-party movement and a possible 2012 presidential candidate, told about 700 donors at the Plumstead Christian School, in upper Bucks County.

It was the biggest applause line for Palin, who spoke frequently in her roughly 30-minute speech and a question-and-answer session with students of both the role of faith in her life and political career and of her belief that God should play a greater role in the public square.

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At one point, the 2008 vice-presidential candidate and icon of conservative feminism said of bedrock beliefs in the Constitution and in the values of freedom that "something seems to be missing, and especially in the last year or two."

Later, she criticized Obama's call in the 2008 campaign for a "fundamental transformation" of America, saying that what the nation instead needed was a "fundamental restoration and renewal" back to its original values, which include faith.

Two anonymous benefactors reportedly picked up the tab to bring Gov. Palin to Bucks County for the Plumstead events.

- JP

Day By Day (November 10, 2010)

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Good Morning! It's a wonderful life if we just take it Day By Day.



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- JP

Quote of the Day (November 9, 2010)

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Ken Larrey at Big Journalism:

"Michael Gerson became the latest former Bush operative to escalate the post election war on the tea party and Sarah Palin in his Washington Post column “The GOP’s Sarah Palin Problem.” He mangles the facts terribly, even blaming Palin and Senator Jim DeMint for Sharon Angle’s ill-fated nomination in spite of the fact neither endorsed Angle until after she won the nomination."

- JP

Sarah Palin’s Alaska: Out Here Being Free

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Yet another SPAlaska trailer from TLC:


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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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- JP

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