Palin, Fundraising Firm Part Ways

Campaign Solutions, a Republican consulting firm advising Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee, has parted ways with the former Republican vice presidential nominee.

The group had been working with the Palin operation to raise money for SarahPAC but decided to step aside after a series of strategic and philosophic differences, according to a source familiar with the decision.

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Republicans Disinvite Palin From Major Fundraiser, Trash Her In Private

heh.. heh....

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is out, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is in as keynote speaker at a Republican dinner this spring.

Palin, the party's 2008 nominee for vice president, had been slated to address the annual Senate-House Dinner in Washington on June 8. The dinner, sponsored by the House and Senate Republican campaign committees, is one of the GOP's biggest fundraisers.

Palin will be replaced by Gingrich. Both are popular figures with the party's base.

A spokesman for the Senate GOP committee, Brian Walsh, said Palin's team informed the campaign committees that her responsibilities in Alaska prevented her from committing to the speech until the end of the legislative session.

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Draft Palin Effort Begins In A Denny's In West Haven

Be afraid... not of Palin, but of the drafters...

First Gov. Sarah Palin Meet-up Held in West Haven, CT
The first meet up for the 2012 Draft Sarah Committee was held Tuesday, March 10th at 6:30 pm in West Haven, CT at the local Denny's restaurant.

The event was covered by Abbe Smith of the New Haven Register. She was interested in the reasons why people were supporting Gov. Palin and took copious notes about our Commitee. A photographer was there, so we might expect a fairly detailed feature article. (will provide a link when available.)

Gov. Sarah Palin Meet-ups will be held in towns and colleges across the country the second Tuesday of every month. The next scheduled meet-up is Tuesday, April 14th.

The idea is for people of like interests to meet informally on the second Tuesday of each month. No official talks, or speeches. Just some coffee, a bite to eat and a chance to chat.

Look on the Meet-up Page for scheduled meet-ups in your state.

Thanks,
Paul Streitz

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Palin 2012 Watch

I report, you decide, but remember that four years before the last election nobody knew who Barack Obama was, and everyone thought Hillary Clinton would be the front runner.

When asked who they would like to see running for president in 2012, Republicans cite familiar names from the 2008 presidential campaign season, topped by vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. This is according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll that provides a very early test of GOP voters' preferences.

Palin, the governor of Alaska, led with 29 percent among the 462 Republicans who responded to the poll taken Feb. 18-19. Palin built a sizable fan club on the Republican right as the party's surprise vice presidential pick with her effusive campaign style and strongly conservative views, though she committed several stumbles that raised serious doubts among many other voters.

More at CQ Politics's Poll Tracker.

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Sarah Palin -- Too Much Information

Honestly, we've seen more of Sarah Palin in one week than we saw in two months of campaigning. Over at Wapo they catalog Palin's latest series of interviews and cooking shows.

Moose chili. Un-freakin-believable...

Andrew Sullivan and I agree, Palin's lies matter, because she's being held up as the Great White Hope of the GOP. Everyone needs to know what the truth of the matter is. She doesn't want to back off of the Ayers allegations? Fine, Tell us about your husband's involvement in the Trooper firing and produce some medical records of your prenatal care for Trig.

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Palin 2012

Over at Electoral-Vote.com, the Votemaster has an excellent point to make about Sarah Palin's presumed candidacy in 2012:

Sarah Palin actually has a day job, which will inhibit her campaigning a bit, but it will be very hard for her to get rid of her image as a shopaholic who doesn't know Africa isn't a country. If you think it is easy to erase your image, here is a quick test.

1. Name George Allen's favorite species of monkey
2. How does Dan Quayle spell the plant they make French fries out of?

The former came up in 2006. The latter goes back to 1992. Once there is a public image of a politician, it is hard to erase it.

In case you don't get it, answers are after the jump...

1) Macaca
2) Potatoe

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