GOP watch: Republicans vs. Palin
Posted: Monday, July 13, 2009 9:10 AM by Domenico Montanaro
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Sarah Palin’s problems are more with establishment Republicans than they are with the media. The Los Angeles Times: “Since announcing her resignation, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been pummeled by critics who have called her incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a ‘political train wreck.’ And those were fellow Republicans talking.”
The Alaska datelines continue. The New York Times reporting from Anchorage: “In late March, a senior official from the Republican Governors Association headed for Alaska on a secret mission. Sarah Palin was beset by such political and personal turmoil that some powerful supporters determined an intervention was needed to pull her governorship, and her national future, back from the brink. The official, the association’s executive director, Nick Ayers, arrived with a memorandum containing firm counsel, according to several people who know its details: Make a long-term schedule and stick to it, have staff members set aside ample and inviolable family time to replenish your spirits, and build a coherent home-state agenda that creates jobs and ensures re-election.”
Video: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., discusses the political future of his former running mate with NBC’s David Gregory on “Meet the Press.” “Like so much of the advice sent Ms. Palin’s way by influential supporters, it appeared to be happily received and then largely discarded, barely slowing what was, in retrospect, an inexorable march toward the resignation she announced 10 days ago.”
John McCain told NBC's David Gregory on
Meet the Press this Sunday that he was "surprised" but not "shocked" by Palin's resignation. He defended her, said she would be a major player on the national scene still, but declined to endorse her should she run in 2012.
Video:
TODAY’s Ann Curry talks to Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin’s son, Tripp, about why he thinks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is stepping down.
On TODAY, Levi Johnston said he doesn't think he'd vote for Palin if she ran for president -- not after she "quit" on Alaska, he said. If she can't handle the stress level as governor, Johnston said, how can she handle it as president?
The
Washington Post editorial page calls for an official investigation in what happened regarding John Ensign’s affair.
