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In a new video, Sarah Palin ballyhoos the winning candidates that she endorsed in the midterm elections, but ignores those, such as Delaware's Christine O'Donnell, who fell by the wayside.

"Based on what I'm seeing, there is more than enough reason to have faith in America," she says in the one-minute video, sponsored by her political action committee, SarahPAC. "I'm confident and I am hopeful because this is our movement, this is our moment, this is our morning in America."

A Politics Daily canvass found 62 of the candidates Palin backed won on Tuesday, 23 were beaten and seven races are still too close to call.

The video montage features Sens. Elect Rand Paul of Kentucky, Marco Rubio of Florida, and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Gov.-elect Nikki Haley of South Carolina, and others who rode to triumph with help from the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee. But gaffe-prone O'Donnell and Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller, who appears to be trailing in incomplete returns, are nowhere to be seen.

"We're gonna stand up and we're gonna speak out," Palin says in the voice-over for the video. "It may take some renegades going rogue to get us there. It may take folks shaking it up to get there. We've got to do this together." The production ends with a grizzly bear standing on its hind legs, growling.

Watch it here.


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saveleys25

palin is a expanded ugly mind a sick person that talk to many nonsense conclusion absolutely not a presidential material for united state maybe if should go back to her ancestor country and try to be president there

November 09 2010 at 7:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
prairiepopulist

Sarah endorsements included six radical primary candidates. Six won their primaries against more moderate, more electable candidates. They were Carly Fiorina, Ken Buck, Joe Miller, Christine O'Donnell and Sharon Angle. Miller has almost certainly lost to Lisa Murkowski, the Republican incumbent who lost their primary and has apparently easily won the general election. Had Lisa not run a write-in campaign, Scott McAdams might have beaten Miller as a flood of negative information emerged after Miller's narrow primary win and normally Democratic leaning organizations, such as the Alaska Federation of Natives and some unions endorsed Murkowski's write-in candidacy. Buck, who beat Jane Norton in the primary, lost to a candidate, Michael Bennett, who would have almost certainly lost to Norton. Buck alienated a great majority of female voters by his own personal history and positions. Fiorina beat Tom Campbell, a moderate former Representative who could have easily beaten Barbara Boxer in the general elections. She lost by five points, despite the Democratic wipeout. Sharon Angle is perhaps the single Republican state legislator in Nevada who couldn't beat Harry Reid in this awful year for his party. Her narrow primary victory depended on the Palin endorsement. The Hispanic voter turnout in Nevada exceeded that cast in the presidential election two years ago, and went extremely heavily against Angle. Christine O'Donnell beat Mike Castle, a well respected moderate congressman for the primary nomination in Delaware, thanks again to Palin. Castle would have crushed Chris Coons. To add insult to injury, Castle's House seat was lost to a Democrat. Besides Palin's choices playing a major part in the loss of these five seats that Republicans could have easily won, she also endorsed Clint Didier in Washington. Didier ran considerably ran to Dino Rossi's right in the top two go to the general election primary. Altbough Didier only got 12% of the vote, he refused to endorse Rossi unless substantial concessions were made, and left the far right wing of the state's Republican party feeling rancorous towardd Rossi. Had Rossi capitulated to Didier's demands, he would have been badly beaten in the general against Patty Murray, instead of suffering an extremely narrow loss. Palin can certainly not claim credit for Ayotte's and Rand Paul's win, both of which were huge. Paul won by 12 points even after his campaign staffer stomped the head of a petite protester on video. Ayotte won by a landslide. Palin could have endorsed her opponent and it wouldn't have made much of difference. I think Palin could probably take credit for right winger Pat Toomey's narrow win over ex-Admiral, Rep. Joe Sestak. Ron Johnson spend $10 million of his own money and astroturf groups spent many millions more without revealing their source, but Koch Industries money is certainly suspected. Since Russ Feingold has refused money from PACs, he has been targeted for years. Johnson's margin was so great that Palin's endorsement was probably not crticial. Not much of a scorecard, is it, when closely examined?

November 08 2010 at 1:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John Vilvens

PD look at your election page. You show democrats winner or run down republicans in most of your articles. Is this simalar to what you are saying Palin is doing. When you start showing the balance by who won them you can say something about Palin doing it. It is what it is. This will not get posted but you know.

November 07 2010 at 7:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob & Kathy

Obama certainly doesn't have anything to brag about....

November 05 2010 at 9:19 PM Report abuse -4 rate up rate down Reply
vobox3343

We were expecting nothing less.

November 05 2010 at 4:11 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
catalogsplus

Who in their right mind focuses on losses rather than wins, except for the media? Seriously, the constant negative spin in regards to Palin is old and tired. Palin's endorsements won by a wide margin, which will drive the left over the edge, yet again. That's the real news here.

November 05 2010 at 10:52 AM Report abuse -2 rate up rate down Reply
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runtune

Palin is loved more by the left than the right. She gave them a victory in 2008 and will again in 2012, if she should decide to run. She won't, books and rallies are much more profitable than the presidency. America has spoken and America does not like her

November 06 2010 at 7:04 PM Report abuse +4 rate up rate down Reply
MrWilliams,Mogul

I will not vote for Palin for President. That being said, she was write on 63 elections, why should she bring up the ones that lost. She has as good a record in calling the election as anyone. Why are people mad at her for leaving midterm for a VP position. Who wouldn't take that opportunity. In case you missed it Obama quit in the middle of his senate term to run. So if you point a finger at her it is proper to point one at Obama. The left slant in thisarticle is ridiculous. She has "spewed" less hate than the comments written below against her. Thanks to this wonderful tolerant left, who is ripping her up because she the majority of America disagree with them. Bottom line you guys complain about Bush but all the numbers, deficit, unemployment, consumer confidence, are worse under this democratic regime, even you must admit this is not the change ouhope for in 08, so we threw the bums out. Hallelujah.

November 05 2010 at 8:25 AM Report abuse -10 rate up rate down Reply
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cmwblue

palin is sure honing her "con artist" spiel. I`d say he has finally graduated from karl roves "lie till you`re blue in the face." The SUCKER`S will believe you. You don`t have to know a thing about running the gov`t. Your party has proven thta in 2000-2008.Nowm that you have gotten RICH from "conning" the religious hippocrits, you can run for pres. and quit in the middle of your first term and never have to look back... Your money and ego will sustain you.

November 05 2010 at 6:06 AM Report abuse +11 rate up rate down Reply
Mac

Palin shoud enjoy her momentary fame. I can not imagine her in the Whitehouse and with access to the nuclear codes without getting a case of night sweats nor should any sane American. She may be a crowd pleaser but she is not qualified to sit in the Oval office. Folks may say that Obama isnt as well but so what??? Neither was Bush jr..... She quit her job as the leader of Alaska in mid term and almost without warning which proves that she is very unstable at best. How is she going to deal with a country that angers her....nuke em???

November 05 2010 at 6:00 AM Report abuse +12 rate up rate down Reply
andrea

Damn you, John McCain, for bringing this ridiculous caricature of a woman into our lives. " We're gonna." She cannot even speak correctly. This cutesy, folksy way of speaking is so annoying, especially coming from a woman who actually spews negativity in every breath, runs away from her job as governor and has dangerously divided America without offering real solutions. Thank God intelligent women see her for who she really is and not as a voice representing them.

November 05 2010 at 5:55 AM Report abuse +12 rate up rate down Reply
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carolmcd7

You summed it up perfectly !!!!!! She is the most annoying person to listen to and the idiotic statements that come out of her mouth are laughable !! Who are these people that think she is qualified to become President....that's the really scary part.

November 05 2010 at 1:43 PM Report abuse +9 rate up rate down Reply

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