Sarah Palin, the 2008 vice presidential nominee and former Alasa governor, tells Fox News' Sean Hannity that she views the Fort Hood attack as an act of terrorism. "I certainly do," she told the conservative talker in an interview that...
Sarah Palin is coming, Sarah Palin is coming. Gov. Rick Perry was asked during a conference call this afternoon when we'll see the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate stumping for his re-election bid against U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey...
Over on our books blog, Texas Pages, Joy Tipping has the scoop: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and a possible 2012 presidential contender, will bring her book tour to Plano on Dec. 4. It's...
Media consultant Mark McKinnon says he did nothing to hurt Barack Obama politically during last fall's presidential election. Yesterday, I posted here about a piece in Vanity Fair, which reported that McKinnon helped John McCain's running mate, soon-to-be-former Alaska Gov....
A critical piece on former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in the current issue of Vanity Fair says Austin campaign media consultant Mark McKinnon played an as-yet-unreported role in late September debate prep of the Alaska governor/hockey mom. Writer...
In a way, the two Texas GOP rivals for governor saw the Alaskan governor's resignation announcement as something good for them. For Rick Perry, Sarah Palin -- who worked with him in the Republican Governor's Association -- already has endorsed...
The talk of Texas leaving the union is wacky. But it looks like Rick Perry is becoming the most popular governor since Sarah Palin. In the long run, the governor has to move away from the fringe to be...
The Kay Bailey Hutchison political team couldn't have been happy that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed Rick Perry. But is it smart politics to diss the GOP's most intriguing, and divisive, political star? Hutchison's campaign has posted on its campaign...
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will deliver the keynote address at a GOP dinner in Washington this summer. Palin, the surprise VP pick for McCain's presidential ticket, wowed the party at its convention last year. The event is sponsored by...
Sarah Palin probably won't go for it. But Cecile Richards -- the national president of Planned Parenthood -- says Palin's 18-year-old daughter Bristol would be a great advocate for her group. "I really admire this young woman. I think she...
But seriously, it's something about hunting wolves from helicopters. I mean, who would shoot animals from the air, right? Oh, wait ......
Sarah Palin, heart-throb of the GOP rightwing, has endorsed Rick Perry for reelection. The endorsement is in a letter -- actually a piece of direct mail distributed by the Perry campaign -- to 10,500 members of the Texas Federation of...
Reps. Linda Sánchez, Rubén Hinojosa of Texas (left) and Raul Grijalva of Arizona California congresswoman Linda Sánchez announced yesterday that she is pregnant with her first child. She's 39, divorced, about to start her fourth U.S. House term and,...
Republican congressional candidate Lyle Larson of San Antonio says an "Obama wave" of straight ticket voting among Democrats proved too hard for him to overcome. Larson (at right, with a Sarah Palin cutout and an unidentifed woman at a meet...
A new study suggests that Sarah Palin helped energize white evangelicals to vote for the Republican ticket, but hurt across every other religious group. According to the survey, 30 percent of evangelicals said Palin's addition to the ticket made them...
In the opening of a speech before the Republican Governor's Association, Sarah Palin did a brief and humorous summary of what she's been up to since the red state CEOs all had last met: "I had a baby; I did...
In Miami at the Republican Governor's Association, Sarah Palin held her first national press conference. About 100 reporters gathered. The bank of TV camera were two-deep on the risers. And -- drumroll please -- it lasted three questions and about...
While the Republican Governor's Association has some high-wattage personalities here in Miami -- Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Meg Whitman former head of eBay, cultural commentator Bill Bennett -- no one, simply no one, burns as brightly...
Sarah Palin has been the focus of some sniping within GOP. But Gov. Rick Perry says when she shows up today at the Republican Governors Association annual meeting, she "is going to be treated like a returning hero." "We know...
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