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How Sarah Palin became a rogue The new Palin campaign commences

Her publicity blitz begins today -- and all the slings and arrows will only make her stronger
  • GOP governors take the (stimulus) money and run

    For higher office, and away from their earlier statements about how much they hate the whole idea of the stimulus.
  • Don't cry for me, Wasilla

    Sarah Palin's month of bad press just got a little worse.
  • Sarah Palin's silly energy speech

    Neither Alaska, nor its governor, has the answer to America's energy problems
  • Palin family values

    The damning Troopergate report shows that Gov. Palin is not only unethical but vindictive.
  • Could Sarah Palin win a Senate race?

    Two recent polls showed very different results; was one prompted by the incumbent senator's fear of Palin?
  • Sarah Palin, Alaska's next senator?

    With Ted Stevens' grip on his Senate seat loosening, Palin might just have another way to Washington.
  • A Bradley effect for felons?

    Shortly after his conviction, Sen. Ted Stevens is unexpectedly headed toward reelection; did Alaskans lie to pollsters about voting for a criminal?
  • Meet Sarah Palin's radical right-wing pals

    Extremists Mark Chryson and Steve Stoll helped launch Palin's political career in Alaska, and in return had influence over policy. "Her door was open," says Chryson -- and still is.
  • The Palins' un-American activities

    Imagine if the Obamas had hooked up with a violently anti-American group in league with the government of Iran.
  • Palin's mysterious trade missions

    Sarah Palin claims to have earned foreign policy credentials through trade missions with Russia, but evidence that they actually happened is hard to come by.
  • Mean girl

    Sarah Palin has a way of using "old boys" -- then dumping them when they become inconvenient.
  • Sarah Palin, faith-based mayor

    How the vice-presidential nominee brought fringe biblical teachings to her work as the chief of Wasilla, Alaska.
  • Sarah Palin's wasteful ways

    She poses as a fiscal watchdog, but when Palin was mayor, she grabbed city funds to give her office a pricey "bordello" makeover.
  • Lighting out for the territories

    I'm thinking of heading north to escape the election. Maybe Alaska.
  • Sarah Palin's powerful "First Dude"

    Todd Palin has exerted unusual influence on his wife's Alaska government. In Washington, their methods would do Bush and Cheney proud.
  • The pastor who clashed with Palin

    Baptist minister Howard Bess, who wrote a book Palin wanted banned and who fought her on abortion and gay rights, says the country should fear her election.
  • "I fear for my country"

    Former Gov. Tony Knowles and other Alaska Democrats warn not to underestimate Sarah Palin's political skills -- or how unsuited she is for the vice presidency.
  • Freedom fighter

    Alaskan Independence Party chairwoman Lynette Clark talks about why she doesn't identify herself as an American, and about her kindred spirit Sarah Palin.
  • Her deadly wolf program

    With a disdain for science that alarms wildlife experts, Sarah Palin continues to promote Alaska's policy to gun down wolves from planes.
  • Sarah Palin's real soul mate

    McCain's veep choice is the reincarnation of George W. Bush, as channeled by Karl Rove.
  • The economics of Alaskan secession

    The state has oil, natural gas and lots of armed libertarians. Independence is a no-brainer!
  • Sarah Palin: The Hugo Chavez of Alaska

    The governor may be pro-drilling, but she's no Big Oil puppet.
  • Sarah Palin and a melting Alaska

    Global warming is nothing to joke about in the not-so-frozen North. Palin might be pro-drilling, but she can't ignore climate change
  • Sarah Palin: Drill, drill, drill -- all the way

    Offshore, onshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- the Republican vice-presidential nominee makes no bones about it: Drill!
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