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BY PAUL OWEN
The explosion of interest in Sarah Palin’s future after Friday’s surprise announcement that she is standing down as governor of Alaska – 191 comments and counting on this story, 80 on this one – probably proves Vanity Fair’s Todd Purdum right when he called her “the sexiest and the riskiest brand in the Republican party”. It looks like she is now getting ready to test that image with the country at large.
So is John McCain’s former running mate really running for president? Palin’s resignation statement was unclear on exactly why she was stepping down, beyond explaining that she would be handing over to Sean Parnell almost immediately to stave off her becoming a lame duck. Parnell said yesterday that she had resigned due to the legal costs of ethics investigations against her, an issue she also made reference to.
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Each Friday Real Pundits editors Paul Owen, Arnold Vis and Daniel Washburn discuss the political news of the week. This week its expressions of political violence.› Continue reading
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Each Friday Real Pundits editors Paul Owen, Arnold Vis and Daniel Washburn discuss the political news of the week. This week its Obama’s speech in Egypt and the plight of GM. A video of the entire speech is included.› Continue reading
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Each Friday Real Pundits editors Paul Owen, Arnold Vis and Daniel Washburn discuss the political news of the week. This week its the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor.› Continue reading
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Each Friday Real Pundits editors Paul Owen, Arnold Vis and Daniel Washburn discuss the political news of the week. This week its the debate on national security between Obama and Cheney.› Continue reading
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The cultural obstacles to all this, however, may be greater than Mr Obama’s lean, sporty advisers understand. Consider the shoppers at the Save-A-Lot supermarket in Hamlin, West Virginia. At the beginning of the month, when the food stamps arrive, they snap up buckets of lard so big that the label says: “Warning—Children can fall into bucket and drown.”
From the Economist.
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Cheney is worried that Obama’s policies on closing Guantanamo and banning torture will make America safe.
Was a man who defends torture really vice-president of the United States for eight years?
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The second instalment of our monthly look at GOP contenders for the 2012 presidential nomination.View the list of instalments )
By ARNOLD VIS
For the moment we think South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has the best shot of winning the GOP’s nomination in 2012. Full list inside.› Continue reading
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