I don’t believe the In 1987 Sarah Palin Had A One-Night Stand With NBA Star-to-Be Glen Rice story that the National Enquirer and the new Palin book by Joe McGinniss are promoting. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the past three years, it’s that Sarah Palin Doesn’t Like Rice. (If you want more jokes, especially jokes that have Mann Act attitudes towards what the Enquirer called a “ steamy, interracial hookup ,” just go on Twitter, where they will oblige you in sickening spades.) Read full article > >

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About that Sarah Palin and Glen Rice one-night stand

It all started in the summer of 2010, when author Joe McGin­niss migrated from Massachusetts to Alaska, to be closer to nature. Human nature, at least, as it plays out on the Sarah Palin homestead. The self-assigned Palin biographer, as you may recall, made headlines by renting a residence in Wasilla and moving in next door to Palin as if moving in on his prey. The former Alaska guv sounded ticked. McGinniss sounded tickled. And much of the public chose sides over all this northern overexposure. Read full article > >

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In ‘Doonesbury,’ Palin biography ‘The Rogue’ gets a comic-strip tease

1. From Texas Gov. Rick Perry: “Not just the 16th and 17th Amendments — I want to get rid of a whole bunch of ‘em.” 2. From Mitt Romney: “RomneyCare — what did you expect? It’s Massachusetts , for goodness sakes!” 3. From Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.): “I’d love to have Sarah Palin as my VP!” Read full article > >

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Ten things you won’t hear at the GOP debate

The news that Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan is considering a run for president in 2012 threatens to further shake up an already volatile field on the Republican side — though most plugged-in GOP observers regard a bid by the Wisconsin Republican as very unlikely. The Weekly Standard’s Steve Hayes — a Fix friend — reported this morning that Ryan was debating the possibility of a bid and quoted a GOP source close to the Congressman saying that “he’s coming around” on the idea. And, last night former Bush White House political strategist Karl Rove told Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity that Ryan as well as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were “going to take a look” at running in 2012 . Read full article > >

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Paul Ryan for President? Probably not.

The latest trend in the media world is “trending.” That is, monitoring what people are buzzing about and directing coverage accordingly. Just as the unspoken sometimes reveals more than the spoken, what’s not trending suggests more than what’s trending. In all the many thousands of words written in the immediate aftermath of the Republican debate in Iowa , two words were scarce: Sarah Palin. But she wasn’t even in Iowa during the debate, you say. Correct. Her “bus tour,” idling since its last attempt to seize national attention, wasn’t due to arrive in Iowa until Friday. Then again, Texas Gov. Rick Perry wasn’t in Iowa either, and his name was everywhere. Some political observers even dubbed him winner of the debate in absentia. Read full article > >

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Sarah Palin, un-trending

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has canceled a trip next month to war-ravaged Sudan, one of the most unstable nations in the world and the focus of passionate advocacy within the U.S. evangelical community. Palin scrapped her visit to the North African country for scheduling reasons, several sources close to her said. She was planning to travel with Franklin Graham, the son of evangelical leader Billy Graham, as well as Fox News personality Greta Van Susteren, to the July 9 independence ceremony of South Sudan, the sources said. Van Susteren also canceled her trip. Graham said on Wednesday that he still plans to go. Read full article > >

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Palin cancels trip to Sudan

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has canceled a trip next month to war-ravaged Sudan, one of the most unstable nations in the world and the focus of passionate advocacy within the U.S. evangelical community. Palin scrapped her visit to the North African country for scheduling reasons, several sources close to her said. She was planning to travel with Franklin Graham, the son of evangelical leader Billy Graham, as well as Fox News personality Greta Van Susteren, to the July 9 independence ceremony of South Sudan, the sources said. Van Susteren also canceled her trip. Graham said on Wednesday that he still plans to go. Read full article > >

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Why Palin loves Cowell, and other gems from Republican authors

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Between the lines

Yesterday, I caught Penny Nance, head of Concerned Women for America , by phone as she was leaving New Hampshire. She sits atop an influential social conservative group with 500,000 members and 620 chapters in 34 states. Although economic issues are critical, Nance says “We can have it all,” meaning a strong social conservative who is also stalwart on economic issues. She was generally pleased with the way social issues were addressed in Monday’s debate. “I thought there was no Reagan moment” she said, acknowledging that “the media wanted more fight out of Pawlenty.” Much as she hastened to add that he and the other top contenders, to one degree or another, would impress her members. As for the newcomer, she said, “ [Rep.] Michele [Bachmann] hit it out of the ballpark.” People who don’t know her, Nance said, would have expected the figure that the media has strived to “Palinize.” But Nance is plainly a fan. Read full article > >

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Concerned Women for America size up the GOP field

The Sarah Palin emails have lacked any big revelations so far, but there may be more on the way: The state of Alaska is investigating apparent gaps in the disclosure. For example, the release included just five emails from Palin’s first month in…

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Alaska Investigates Missing Palin Emails

The messages that Sarah Palin wrote just before and right after she was chosen as John McCain’s running mate show that she had almost no warning of what was about to happen to her.

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In E-Mails, A Glimpse From Inside Palin’s Rise

Frustration with rumours about her personal life are among the details revealed by the official release of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s e-mails.

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Details emerge from Palin e-mails

You’ve got mail. Alaska has released 24,000 pages of emails from Sarah Palin’s two-year tenure as governor, and several revelations have emerged. One series of notes show that Palin was keen on the vice presidential role months before she was chosen as…

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Emails: Palin Liked Obama Energy Plan

The Washington Post’s Anqoinette Crosby sits down with Chris Cillizza to discuss Sarah Palin’s e-mails and whether their release will impact her presidential campaign. Read full article > >

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The Post’s Cillizza on the Palin e-mails

Here comes the motherlode. Alaska will release 24,000 of Sarah Palin’s emails from her two years as governor on Friday. The emails were first requested during the 2008 presidential election, but the delay has been attributed to the sheer volume of the…

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