Sarah Palin


Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity’s cat fight over Sarah Palin

Fox News pundits Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity both scored interviews with Sarah Palin. Hannity’s will air first, but O’Reilly scooped him by putting a teaser of his interview on his own YouTube channel, reportedly causing Hannity to throw a “hissy fit”. Meow!

Nate Silver: Why Palin could still be the Republicans’ next presidential candidate

Despite many believing Sarah Palin’s days as a politician are over, Nate Silver reckons she’s still in with a chance to be nominated as the Republicans’ 2012 Presidential candidate. He gives 10 good reasons why.

Newsweek go rogue with Palin cover

Newsweek has caused a big stir this week by running a cover photo of Sarah Palin — clad in rather tight running gear — taken from a Runner’s World photoshoot. Palin herself has labelled the move “sexist”. Is it fair to use editorial photos out of context?

Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue: the reviews are in…

The most highly-anticipated book of the year, Going Rogue by former Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin is about to hit shelves, and the critics have weighed in. Is it scandalous? Insightful? Coherent? The WSJ wraps the coverage.

Video of the Day: Sarah Palin on Oprah

Go on, you know you want to watch…

Sarah Palin goes rogue on Oprah: the liveblog

Can’t wait until Sarah Palin’s Oprah appearance hits our screens? Media Alley has a minute-by-minute account, including videos, as Palin talks Levi, 2012, Hillary and her new book.

What next for Sarah Palin?

She’s about to launch a guaranteed best-seller and, despite not actually being a politician any more, continues to get more attention than almost any other political figure in the US. But is Sarah Palin the next Obama or the next Oprah?

More revelations from Sarah Palin’s book

The contents of Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue, are beginning to leak out. Amongst the revelations, Palin claims she was hushed-up from speaking on election night and the McCain campaign slugged her with a $500k legal bill.

A tantalising taste of Sarah Palin’s new book

What’s in Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue? Mark Halperin has the inside scoop: McCain aides and the national media cop a bashing, plus a cheeky “screw you” to the DC establishment.

Inside Palin’s closed-door anti-abortion rally

Sarah Palin banned the media from a recent speech before a right-to-life group, but Politico snuck an operative in. Amongst the usual Bible-bashing and fist-pumping, she also floated an interesting conspiracy theory about the new design of US dollar coins.

Palin: But what about the “death panels”?!

Sarah Palin has pulled out her favourite broken record following the House of Reps’ historical vote for health-care reform, claiming the bill may still result in “death panels” making end-of-life decisions for the elderly.

The lost Sarah Palin speeches

Read the concession speech the Republican Party wouldn’t let Sarah Palin make after the 2008 US Presidential election, plus the victory speech she never got to make.

The Sarah Palin vs. Levi Johnston media wars

The US media is currently playing host to a war of words between Sarah Palin and her former-future-son-in-law Levi Johnston. While some pundits are cheering for Johnston to dish even more dirt, others are feeling a tad sympathetic towards Palin’s plight.

Read Sarah Palin’s financial records [PDF]

Sarah Palin has released her financial disclosures for the past year, revealing some juicy insights, including: a $1.5m retainer received for her upcoming memoirs, she owns a marketing business called “Pie Spy”, and hubbie Todd got $2000 from a teen abstinence advocacy group. Download it all here.

Is Barack Obama sexist?

Following on from the mini furor this week over Obama finally playing golf with a lady, Hadley Freeman explores the PC nonsense and the ridiculous sexist claims bombarding Obama. Sarah Palin may have been the conservatives favourite female, but being a woman is not the same as being good for women.

Why Palin won’t run for President

Sarah Palin won’t run in 2012, predicts FiveThirtyEight after crunching her popularity numbers and finding she couldn’t beat Romney or Huckabee for GoP nomination. Besides, she’s too busy hanging out with Oprah.

How to pen an autobiography in one day

Inspired by news that Sarah Palin wrote her upcoming memoirs in only four months, Joel Stein attempts to go one better, and write his in one day… with the help of a ghostwriter. Just like Palin.

Judging Sarah Palin’s new book by its cover

The cover image of Sarah Palin’s much-hyped new memoirs, Going Rogue, has been released. Jezebel provides an incredibly detailed (and snarky) analysis of the subliminal messages Palin is trying to send with her artistic choices.

Palin-mania begins again

Sarah Palin’s political career may have fizzled (for now), her public-speaking pursuits may be floundering, but her new book Going Rogue is already a best-seller — and it hasn’t even been released yet.

Just in time for Christmas: the Sarah Palin memoirs

Good news: Sarah Palin (or her ghostwriter) has finished writing her new 400-page book, Going Roque, earlier than expected — just in time to land in Christmas stockings everywhere.

It’s speech night at the UN summit: Gaddafi goes off

Which politician hasn’t been at a podium somewhere in the past 24 hours spouting their own brand of rhetoric?

Has Palin begun her presidential campaign?

Sarah Palin flexes her foreign policy muscles in her first international public speaking event, blaming the GFC on government interference: “We’re not interested in government fixes, we’re interested in freedom”.

Palin makes her international debut

Sarah Palin is going global. The former Alaskan governor gave her first overseas speech to a group of investors in Hong Kong yesterday, telling them China “rightfully makes a lot of people nervous”, as well ascr discussing human rights, Reaganomics, Tibet and moose.

Investigative journalist bids $60k for dinner with Sarah Palin

Journalist and true-crime writer Joe McGinniss bid $60,101.01 in the eBay auction for dinner with Sarah (and Todd) Palin, but was unfortunately pipped at the post by a real Palin supporter.

Where the real death panels are

Sarah Palin may have sounded batty accusing Obama of creating “death panels” to determine whether the sick and elderly should live or die, but they do exist, in one form or another, all over the world. Even in the US.