Armed with Sarah Palin , Ryan Seacrest , Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj, Tori Spelling, Octomom, and a “surprise legend,” NBC’s “Today” show successfully swatted off intense Katie Couric competition from ABC’s “Good Morning America” last week, Friday’s ratings confirm. Read full article > >

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‘Today’ narrowly beats ‘GMA’ in weekly ratings to maintain winning streak

Tim Stanley says Sarah Palin lacks Romney's elitism and Santorum's extremism, and if she were running, she'd have the nomination sewn up.

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Opinion: If only Sarah Palin had run

The combination of lessons learned since the selection of Sarah Palin, the high stakes of the general election and the pervasiveness of the political media are likely to set a new standard for vetting a running mate this year.

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On Politics: Vetting a Running Mate in a Post-Palin World

Sarah Palin strode out on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington carrying a red leather briefcase — and off to work she went, firing off a year’s worth of sarcastic one-liners at “Professor Obama.” Read full article > >

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CPAC 2012: Sarah Palin, motivator-in-chief

Engaged: Barney Frank , 71, and longtime partner Jim Ready , 42, the congressman’s office confirmed for us Thursday, following a report by New England Cable News . Where’s the wedding? In Massachusetts, where gay nuptials were made legal in 2004. When? Sorry, that’s all the details they’d give. Frank is set to leave Congress next winter after 32 years, and he’s said the rigors of the job and the desire to devote more time to his relationship were factors. “I have a partner now,” Frank told Charlie Rose in an interview a couple weeks ago. “I’m in love for the first time in my life.” The couple met at a political fundraiser in Ready’s home state of Maine. The Advocate described him in 2009 as a Todd Palin lookalike and surfing enthusiast. Their mostly low-profile relationship has made the news a handful of times, when Ready exchanged words with his beau’s opponents at public forums, and when he was charged with having marijuana plants at his home in 2007. Read full article > >

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Barney Frank engaged to boyfriend Jim Ready (updated)

Sarah Palin, not one known to mince words, accused Chris Christie of committing a rookie mistake and playing into the hands of Democrats by denigrating Newt Gingrich.

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City Room: Palin Has a Few Choice Words for Christie

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sarah Palin likes girls with guns. In an email to National Review Online, Palin said, “I’m all in favor of girls with guns who know their purpose.” The comment referred to Sarah McKinley, the 18-year-old who shot 24-year-old Justin Shane Martin on New Year’s Eve as he tried to break into her Oklahoma home. Read full article > >

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Sarah Palin: “I’m all in favor of girls with guns who know their purpose.”

SARAH PALIN Former governor of Alaska; Republican nominee for vice president in 2008 Given the concerns I have for some of the Republican field’s focus thus far, I must implore the candidates to do something that sounds self-promoting, but whatever. Candidates, please turn to Chapter Three of “Going Rogue” and read what it takes for our country to step toward energy independence. Note the lesson I share in the same chapter about taking on the “elite,” the crony capitalists and the permanent political establishment to get a job done. Read full article > >

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Sarah Palin: If I were campaigning for president…

The headline on Democratic strategist Paul Begala’s recent Newsweek essay dodged subtlety: “ The Stupid Party .” “Republicans used to admire intelligence. But now they’re dumbing themselves down,” was the subhead. Democrats couldn’t agree more. And quietly, many Republicans share the sentiment. They just can’t seem to stop themselves. Read full article > >

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The Palinization of the GOP

As the GOP candidates have been thrashing it out in debates that seem to occur every couple of hours or so, one almost misses the iconic wink that enraged or beguiled the nation a political season ago. Admit it. You miss Sarah Palin just a little: The wink, the red shoes, the pointing finger, the heck-with-ya attitude and, given the performance of some of her Republican colleagues, her Taser-like intelligence. Read full article > >

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Perry, Cain and a parade of painful moments

U ndoubtedly many Americans, not least among them television producers, are disappointed by Sarah Palin’s decision not to run for president . On the bright side, Palin has proved (finally) that there is a God. How so? For the past three years, since she rocketed from relative obscurity to political diva, Palin has hinted that she might run for the highest office but would rely on God’s guidance. This template is not unique to Palin. Millions pray to a higher order to discover the right path. I recently watched a few minutes of “Eat, Pray, Love” before succumbing to an ennui-induced coma; in the movie, Julia Roberts tearfully implores God, to whom she admits not having spoken on a regular basis, to tell her what to do: Dump her boring husband and follow her appetite for pasta and spiritual enlightenment through casual sex? Or . . . Read full article > >

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Sarah Palin sits out 2012. There is a God.

Sarah Palin has always played by her own rules in politics, but with the announcement Wednesday that she will not run for president in 2012, the former Alaska governor was for once bowing to the obvious. Palin had kept open the possibility of running until it was almost too late to start. By the time it came, Palin’s announcement was an anti-climax. The possible candidacy of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had generated far more interest and attention than musings about Palin. What a change for a politician whose every move or utterance has commanded maximum attention by the media. Read full article > >

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What is Sarah Palin’s next act?

Sarah Palin tells a radio host that she can be more active in trying to oust President Obama if she is not a candidate.

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The Caucus: Palin Says She’s Not Running

In an America where a whopping 66 percent of adults hold an unfavorable view of 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin (according to a recent Bloomberg poll), author Joe McGinniss has done something truly remarkable. He actually makes the short-serving former Alaska governor and widely panned reality TV star a slightly more sympathetic character, at least for the regrettable time one wastes reading “The Rogue,” his sketchily sourced compendium of low blows and inconsistent accusations. Read full article > >

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‘The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin,’ by Joe McGinniss

Joe McGinniss’s “The Rogue” questions Palin’s birth of Trig.

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New York Times Pans Palin Book