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Kay Bailey Hutchison refrains from urging Ted Stevens to resign after corruption conviction

Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison just issued a statement regarding Alaska colleague Ted Stevens, who was convicted yesterday in federal court on corruption charges. Short version: Alaska voters should get their say next week, and Stevens shouldn't be run out...


Anchorage newspaper endorses Barack Obama

The Anchorage Daily News, the largest newspaper in Sarah Palin's home state, has endorsed Barack Obama for president. In snubbing the Alaska governor and her running mate, John McCain, the paper's editorial endorsement said: Many Alaskans are proud to see...


Fact check: Palin and the 'Troopergate' findings

Sarah Palin said Saturday that an investigation had cleared her of "any hint of any kind of unethical activity" in the Alaska "Troopergate" controversy. The Washington Post finds the statement false. The report clearly states that she violated the...


The "truth" comes out about "hockey mom" Sarah Palin

It was bound to happen: a Swift Boat-esque parody of Sarah Palin's hockey mom days. Pretty funny:...


Fact check: Sarah Palin on energy

The Republican vice presidential nominee has said that her state produces 20 percent of U.S. energy. FactCheck.org says that's not even close -- it produces about 14 percent of domestic oil, 3.5 percent of all domestic energy, and 2.4 percent...


Fact check: McCain on Palin and earmarks

For more on John McCain's incorrect claim that Sarah Palin has sought no earmarks as governor, click here. The Associated Press reports that Ms. Palin "asked for nearly $200 million in targeted spending for the 2009 fiscal year." Along the...


Sarah Palin's long and winding road through school

Were you one of those college students who couldn't decide on a major and found yourself on a five- or six-year plan? Sarah Palin (right, at the University of Idaho) didn't exactly have a clean, four-and-out college career either....


Buzz on Sarah Palin in book circles

On the DMN Texas Pages blog, Mike Merschel talks about how demand has climbed for Sarah Palin's biography and accusations that Ms. Palin, while mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, looked into banning some books at the local library. Here's a link....


Palin disclosures raises questions about McCain's vetting process

So says The New York Times. Quoting an unidentified Republican source, the paper reports that "the team assigned to vet ... [Sarah] Palin in Alaska" didn't get there until the day before John McCain "stunned the political world with...


Future hit movie: Juneau

The announcement about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol (left in photo), is the buzz of the convention today in St. Paul. And it has some parallels to the movie world. Remember Juno, the hit indy movie this year...


Hutchison on Palin selection, McCain temper

Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison had some interesting things to say on MSNBC Friday morning after word spread that John McCain had picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. Asked if she had been vetted for the vice...


McCain's VP pick, Gov. Sarah Palin - a quick take

It's official: John McCain's running mate will be the 44-year-old governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. She was only elected governor in 2006, and before that she spent six years as mayor of the village of Wasilla, which is about to...

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