The possibility that McCain's choice of Palin really did significantly affect the 2008 elections is one I find genuinely fascinating. The question is obviously a good example of the fact that it's essentially impossible to prove social science hypotheses involving causation, with the small number...
Sarah Palin
The ex-governor of Alaska and her husband were not great parents? She wanted to secretly adopt Bristol and Levi's baby? Really?So claims Vanity Fair, quoting Levi Johnson. Ordinarily, I'd find.
There's much to ridicule in Sarah Palin's new Facebook note, not the least of which would be her willingness to claim that her experience as Alaska's governor -- a job.
Suzy Khimm offers some thoughts on the presence of LaRouchites along the midways of various health care town halls.The LaRouchies' logic seems virtually indistinguishable from the current right-wing fear-mongering. "Citizens are receiving Hitler-era ‘reasons' for why they must accept drastic medical cutbacks, sickness, and death,"...
. . . and then rips the knob right off the amplifier.I imagine that being a non-Wingnut Republican these days is like being in one of those hyper-dysfunctional families where.
So I left Alaska about a month ago to embark upon a violent, multi-time zone bender a prolonged vacation, happy in the knowledge that the de-Palinization of the state would.
Nothing short of genius:
Palin is pretty much the culmination of recent trends in Republicanism and movement conservatism.
See Adam, Steve, Jill and Steve for the obvious rejoinder to Douthat's claim that it's only politicians of Palin's gender and class background who can expect that their "children will.
Glenn Beck is funny:Seriously, what sort of "creative extremism" is Palin supposed to practice now that she's gone Galt on Alaska and thrown off the gubernatorial shackles? Will she ride a unicycle? Wander the land holding a giant puppet? I must confess that I don't...
Kristol backed derivatives are crashing. His crowning achievement in Republican party politics was Sarah Palin. He's trying to make lemonade, but I don't think anyone is buying:It's an enormous gamble.
While we wait for Noon's on-the-scene reportage, I thought I'd mention that I agree with Steve's take on the Purdum article; it's either stuff you already know or not very.