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Sarah Palin: Running Against History -- and the VP Curse?
By Robert Schmuhl - Politics DailySarah Palin's fan dance -- will she or won't she run for president in 2012? -- teases money from supporters and seduces the celebrity-centric media. Yet, before too long, the former governor and her devoted followers will face a sobering reality. Should she seek the Republican nomination, she not only will confront several White House-minded candidates in her own party but also the unalterable facts of American political history. To be tactful about the subject: Voters haven't been particularly kind to losing vice-presidential nominees of either party for nearly a century. Interestingly, ...
Palin Shoots and . . .
By David Knowles - Politics DailyDepending where you reside on the political spectrum, the nomination of Sarah Palin for Vice President of the United States is either a stroke of genius, or a cynical, if not reckless, political ploy. Both sides in this national debate agree that Palin was selected to help woo disaffected supporters of Hillary Clinton. Both sides also agree that Palin was selected to appeal to the far right of the Republican party. Adding those two sentences together, however, exposes a fundamental disconnect: Hillary Clinton voters loathe the far right of the Republican party. So, in shoring up a base that ...
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