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Sarah Palin’s legacy is Mitt Romney’s problem

(Roger H. Goun/Wikimedia Commons) When Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, AKA "Joe the Plumber," won a Republican nomination for Congress, Sarah Palin's transformation of the Republican electoral base was complete. What has happened to the GOP, much to the cons...

Game Change in 43 seconds

This pretty much sums up the movie's narrative arc: It's still worth watching the movie if you get a chance, however. It's quite possibly the best horror film I've ever seen.

‘Game Change’ and the realities of political decisions

The HBO movie Game Change, from the book of the same name, debuts Saturday night to a barrage of publicity. While both critics and criticism have focused on the two chapters of the book that deal with Sarah Palin, it's nearly impossible to avoid the i...

Open thread for night owls: Movies for masochists

At Esquire, Charlie Pierce reviews Game Change, the movie based on the book based on the true-story nightmare of that thing we all lived through just a few short years ago: When John Heilemann, and the utterly inexcusable Mark Halperin, published Game...

Sarah Palin eager to ‘help’ if her party can’t find another nominee

Can't miss her, because she won't go away. (Roger H. Goun/Wikimedia Commons) We've mentioned the pining for a brokered convention coming from dissatisfied Republicans before, but at this point I think they're just trying to get our hopes up. From a F...

Grandma Sarah Palin tosses word salad on Obama and birth control

Yes, I'm still here serving up the crazy (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Have you been jonesing for some good old fashioned Sarah Palin stupid? Of course you have! And you're in luck. Via Wonkette: [Obama is] underestimating the wisdom of women. Because w...

Even Sarah Palin says Mitt Romney can’t dismiss Bain criticism as attacks on capitalism

(Shannon Stapleton and Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)   Here's how obvious it is that Mitt Romney is wrong about the criticism of his Bain record: even Sarah Palin thinks he's full of it. Sarah Palin suggested Wednesday that Mitt Romney has brought his ...

Did Sarah Palin really say that? Or was it actually Mitt Romney?

It's getting harder and harder to tell Mitt Romney from Sarah Palin (Shannon Stapleton and Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)   The challenge: Decide whether the following statement was uttered by Mitt Romney or Sarah Palin. You know, I think it’s about e...

Did Sarah Palin really say that? Or was it actually Mitt Romney?

It's getting harder and harder to tell Mitt Romney from Sarah Palin (Shannon Stapleton and Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)   The challenge: Decide whether the following statement was uttered by Mitt Romney or Sarah Palin. You know, I think it’s about e...

Conservatives moan about Republicans not having their ‘A team’ on the field

As the rest of the country watches in head-scratching amazement as the likes of Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul take turns being the Not Romney in the race for the Republican nomination, conservative pundits are still dreaming of another candi...

Fox News: White House cards prove Obama hates Christmas

The anti-Christmas card Fox News is freaking out about now. (White House) This story combines three of my least favorite things—Fox News, Sarah Palin and the War on Christmas—so I'm already breaking into hives just thinking about it. But here goe...

Sarah Palin wonders how politicians get so rich

The front page of Sarah Palin's site urges citizen action against government corruption. Wait. Maybe it's on a different page. A different site? On her Twitter account? ... Maybe it's on her Facebook? Wide-eyed, innocent half-term governor and self-m...

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