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A Sarah Palin candidacy would offer Republicans hope

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 | Republicans | 4 Comments

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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Editors review the week: Arlen Specter and Obama’s first 100 days

Friday, May 1st, 2009 | TV and text | No Comments

Each Friday Real Pundits editors Paul Owen, Arnold Vis and Daniel Washburn discuss the political news of the week. This week its the Arlen Specter’s move to the Democrats and Obama’s first 100 days as president.
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Editors Review the week: torture debate and Obama’s handshake with Chavez

Friday, April 24th, 2009 | TV and text | 1 Comment

Each Friday Real Pundits editors Paul Owen, Arnold Vis and Daniel Washburn discuss the political news of the week. This week Daniel and Arnold weigh in on the ongoing torture debate and Obama’s handshake with Chavez. Paul is on holiday.
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Obambi’s World Tour

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | Obama and the Dems | No Comments

By Jeff Badura (submitted Tuesday the 7th of April)

For the last week the “Appeaser in Chief” has been in rare form while traveling the world
wowing the crowds and pandering to both our friends and enemies alike in his never ending election campaign.
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Editors review the week: AIG, Senate Democrats and George W. Bush

Friday, March 20th, 2009 | TV and text | No Comments

Each Friday Real Pundits editors Paul Owen, Arnold Vis and Daniel Washburn discuss the political news of the week.

This week they weigh in on the AIG bonus situation, the Senate group of centrist democrats and George W. Bush advising President Obama.

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Sarah Palin 2012

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 | Republicans | No Comments

Will Sarah Palin run for president in 2012? Interesting article offering 5 reasons why she might not succeed

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Senator Chuck Grassley to AIG: “Quit or Suicide”

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 | TV and text | No Comments

The GOP senator has some advice for the AIG executives.
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Problems Obama’s healthcare reform may face

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 | Obama and the Dems | No Comments

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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