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Mitt Romney — 20 percentBobby Jindal — 14 percentSarah Palin — 13 percentRon Paul — 13 percentNewt Gingrich — 10 percentMike Huckabee — 7 percentMark Sanford — 4 percentRudy Giuliani — 3 percentTim Pawlenty — 2 percentCharlie Crist — 1 percentUndecided – 9 percent This poll means nothing, considering Romney has won the last three [...]

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From anchor Brian Wilson on the Fox News Channel: Is there a conservative in the public arena who inspires you? Email your answer by clicking here:newshq@foxnews.com

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(hat tip anon commenter) Politico reports that Tim Crawford, the treasurer for SarahPAC, has been forced out of his position as interim RNC finance director. I’m curious about the backstory here. Is Steele trying to put himself above the fray by eliminating anyone with an interest in a particular candidate? Perhaps he’s just trying to [...]

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UPDATE: CPAC 2009 may be over now, but you can watch most of the major speeches at Townhall. CPAC, Day 3. Up for today: T-Paw, Bill Bennett, Ann Coulter, Robert Davi, John Ziegler with his “special guest”, and Rush Limbaugh. UPDATE: How is it that Pawlenty has time to jet off to CPAC when every [...]

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In an a blog post in The Hill‘s Briefing Room discussing the recent CNN poll, we are treated to the spectacle of yet another GOP “insider” bashing Governor Palin: But the numbers aren’t persuasive enough to win over GOP analysts/insiders/strategists. As Rob Gray, a GOP strategist up in Boston, told the BBR: “Most GOP insiders [...]

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The Transportation Security Administration is easily the most idiotic bureaucracy of the Nanny State, as nearly anyone who regularly travels can attest. They’re well-known for such idiocy as harassing elderly winners of the Medal of Honor. Now, a blatant attempt by the TSA to expand the size and power of their bureaucracy is being opposed [...]

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Scroll down for updates!————————————————————————– From The Economist: Sarah Palin had been scheduled to appear at CPAC, but two weeks ago she pulled out. Being governor of Alaska, CPAC attendees were told, was a time-consuming thing. [...] Even Paul Streitz, who leads Draft Sarah Palin 2012 (officially unaffiliated with the governor), was disappointed. “She should have [...]

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Palin Transmits Two Bills on In-State Gasto the House and Senate Rules Committees FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 09-41 Governor Transmits Two Bills on In-State Gas February 27, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin today transmitted two pieces of legislation to the House and Senate rules committees as part of an action plan to jump [...]

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This is a CNN poll, so consider the accuracy. Back in December, Mike Huckabee was beating Palin by 2% points: Twenty-nine percent of Republicans questioned in a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they are most likely to support Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012. Right behind the [...]

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CNN reports that Michelle Obama was not happy with her children’s choices of a name for the new family dog: The only thing left to pick is the name, and Mrs. Obama said she is not a fan of her daughters’ choices. “There are names floating around and they’re bad,” Mrs. Obama said in the [...]

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(h/t reader Cindy S.)The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza has a new list of the Top Ten Republicans to watch. Guess who’s Number One? 1. Sarah Palin: Even in absence, the governor of Alaska is big news. Her absence from the National Governors Association meeting and CPAC over the last week created quite a stir. Why [...]

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We’ve written before about the Palin-hating Nazgul at the Associated Press. Their coverage of Palin has been so biased that even the equally Palin-hating Anchorage Daily News has complained about it. Other distortions by the AP involving Levi Johnston, along with the ADN’s foray into Trig Trutherism, were the causus belli for a ‘Cuda Attack [...]

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Open thread for discussion of CPAC, Day 2. Here is today’s schedule of events. Some highlights: John Boehner, Phyllis Schlafly, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Mitt Romney. UPDATE by Ramrocks: Sadly, Phyllis Schlafly had a slip last night and broke her hip. Michelle Malkin reports on it here. Let’s keep her in our prayers. She’s [...]

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In a piece titled “Joe the Plumberization of the Republican Party“, James Joyner remarks: Of course, they didn’t appoint Wurzelbacher as VP as they did with Sarah Palin. The two are of a piece: A faux populism that comes at the cost of alienating the intellectuals and serious leaders of the movement. Oh, sorry, “intellectuals [...]

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In the same press conference today in which Gov. Palin spoke about the parental notification bill, she discussed the stimulus package. You can hear the stimulus discussion here at 26:40 into the clip. The Juneau Empire reports on the AK lawmakers’ love of porkulus: Some Alaska Legislators are saying they’ll likely accept federal stimulus money, [...]

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Scroll down for updates!—————————————————————————– Governor Palin held a press conference this afternoon with a bipartisan group of AK legislators to express her support for a bill that requires parental notification for a minor to have an abortion. Audio of the entire press conference can be heard here: Gov. Sarah Palin is backing a bill that [...]

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Peter Roff, a Senior Fellow at The Institute for Liberty and former senior political writer for U.S. News & World Report, has written a great piece on the rebirth of conservativism in the Age of Obama. Money quote: Conservatives are not resigned to an Obama-driven realignment. They have adopted a serious, sober mien, opposing the [...]

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Scroll down for updates!—————————————————————————— Via Hot Air: Townhall and Fox News are simulcasting CPAC today. John Ziegler’s up at 2 p.m. EST with his interview with Governor Palin and a “special guest”. Don’t get excited, I doubt very much that it’s the governor. We’ll update this post with any relevant news as the day goes [...]

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Scroll down for updates!—————————————————————————– KTUU reports: When the Key Coalition comes to town, children with special needs fill the Capitol hallway, along with people in wheelchairs and with seeing-eye dogs. The coalition goes to Juneau every year to raise awareness about people with disabilities and to improve services. They’re hard to miss, yet their friends [...]

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There has been a lot of confusion lately on the issue of who is “one of us.” Well I can say that Sarah Palin is “one of us.” Bobby Jindal is also “one of us.” Both are young, reform minded Governors who took on corruption in their home states and won. Both have taken different [...]

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David Dittman, an Alaska pollster, has a new poll out on Governor Palin. The poll shows that the governor has strong support in Anchorage. Do you feel that Sarah Palin has done a good enough job as governor to deserve re-election? 56% Has 37% Has not 7% Unsure The poll measured support in Anchorage and [...]

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David Weigel of the Washington Independent interviewed Joe Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber. Weigel asked him for his thoughts on Gov. Palin, and I think Joe’s answer makes him an honorary ordinary barbarian: Absolutely incredible woman. Actually really wants to serve America. Do I think she should give ‘em another chance? I dunno. I mean, [...]

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Governor Palin Mourns the Loss of Fort Wainwright Soldiers February 25, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin today expressed her condolences to the family and friends of three Fort Wainwright soldiers who were killed in Iraq on Monday. Corporal Michael L. Mayne, 21, of Burlington Flats, N.Y.; Specialist Michael B. Alleman, 31, of Logan, [...]

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Now, we believe in the Eleventh Commandment here at C4P, but I couldn’t let this slip by unnoticed: Ed Rollins, who was Ronald Reagan’s National Campaign Director in 1984, and architect of Reagan’s massive 49-state blowout over Walter Mondale, said of Bobby Jindal’s SOTU response last night “This was a good night for Sarah Palin.“ [...]

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Find more videos like this on Team Sarah Based on the audio in the YouTube videos we posted yesterday, I put together a transcript of the appearance of Thomas Van Flein, Palin’s attorney, on Eddie Burke’s radio show from February 24th. Apologies for the break in the middle and the abrupt cut-off at the end. [...]

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Scroll down for updates!—————————————————————————- Are you a second-rate female conservative columnist with no readership? Don’t despair. You too can become an immediate media sensation! You can even get a personal invitation to fly on Air Force One with The One. All you have to do is attack Sarah Palin, and that “strange new respect” which [...]

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Vice President Joe Biden on ABC’s Good Morning America: In some cases we can withdraw the money, we can hold them accountable. And in other places we’ll just use the television, the radio and the media to embarrass them for not doing what they are supposed to do. Later, he appeared on the CBS Early [...]

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Another unfortunate entry in the friendly fire column – in a post at Pajamas Media titled “Bristol Palin Proves It: Abstinence Education Is Unrealistic”, Katherine Berry repeated the myth that Governor Palin “staunchly supports abstinence-only education” – using as a source an MSNBC hit piece from shortly after Palin’s VP selection. As we have pointed [...]

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Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are disgusting and sorry excuses for news anchors. They both need to follow the advice Dick Cheney gave to Patrick Leahy. UPDATE BY JR: The RNC really needs to stop “handling” our young leaders: H/T: Politics and Critical Thinking Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the [...]

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Scroll down for updates!——————————————————————————— Want a bagel? Buy it yourself! Regarding the per diem and travel expense issues, Thomas Van Flein, counsel to Governor Palin, has released a statement on the voluntary agreement between the Governor and the Personnel Board. He states 4 key points: (1) The Independent Counsel found no ethics violation, and no [...]

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