Limbaugh: RINOs, Elites Won't Stop Palin

Conservative radio giant Rush Limbaugh said the strategy that GOP RINOs, the ruling elite, and the news media are using to blame former Gov. Sarah Palin and the tea party for being a detriment to the Republican Party during the 2010 midterm elections won’t work. On his national radio show Thursday, Limbaugh said the record number of House seats picked up by Republicans was due in no small part to Palin, who targeted 20 Democrats for defeat, 18 of whom lost.“What's going on here, folks, is very simple,” Limbaugh said. “They want to establish a lie very firmly in the minds of the public that the tea party hurt the Republican Party in these elections. They want to use this to stop Sarah Palin. Republican insiders are trying to figure out now how to stop Sarah Palin.” Limbaugh said he received several e-mails over the last few days from “so-called insiders” denying the GOP is trying to derail Palin’s chances at winning the party’s presidential nomination in 2012. “A bunch of the people named as trying to stop Sarah Palin sent me a note [saying], ‘It's not me, don't blame me.’ Well, fine, I don't care who it is, we know it is happening.”Limbaugh said the ill-advised plan to blame Palin and the tea party for splintering the GOP after a record pickup of seats by Republicans in the midterms turns reality on its head.  “If anybody is an obvious winner here . . . it would be Palin. Look at the grief and the mockery that she got for putting what the media claimed were targets on 20 Democrat incumbents on her website. Look at the grief that she's got ever since she was named McCain's running mate. Eighteen of those Democrats she targeted lost. That's a pretty amazing and impressive record. Sarah Palin targeted a bunch of Democrats for defeat, and 18 of them lost. That's more than any Republican elites are doing.” Limbaugh said the Republican Party blew its chance to win a Senate seat in Nevada, where tea party favorite Sharron Angle had a chance to unseat Democratic incumbent Harry Reid, when it decided to throw all its ground money to Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who lost a senate bid to another candidate embraced by the tea party movement, Marco Rubio. “We [the tea party] didn't have any ground money in Nevada because we gave it to Carly Fiorina,” Limbaugh added about choices the GOP made in which candidates to support. “That's where a lot of the so-called ground-game money went. We didn't have any.

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Palin Teases Reno Crowd about Presidential Run

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Sarah Palin launched a two-week run of tea party rallies Monday leading up to the election and teased supporters about a possible presidential run for herself, saying "we can see 2012 from our house." The remark came as the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee — who has not public committed to seeking higher office — launched a 15-day Tea Party Express coast-to-coast campaign tour Monday, hoping to capitalize on government discontent and unify conservatives before the Nov. 2 election. Headlining a rally outside county GOP headquarters, Palin told more than 500 people that common sense is an "endangered species" in Washington, D.C., and they should "keep the faith" as they go to the polls Nov. 2. She endorsed Republican Sharron Angle, a tea party-backed candidate locked in a tight race in Nevada against Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "Tea Party Americans, you are winning, you are turning this country's political landscape upside down ... and the left just doesn't know what to do with you," Palin said to cheers. Angle couldn't attend because the national tea party committee based in California has made independent expenditures on her behalf, and federal laws prohibit coordination between campaigns and independent groups. In a moment of self-deprecation, Palin told the crowd, "I can see November from my house," a reference to a comedy skit over her qualifications for vice president when she said she could see Russia from Alaska. Then, looking to the next presidential election two years from now, Palin said, "Mr. Obama, and your czars, you're next because we can see 2012 from our house." The Tea Party Express tour was headed to Elko later Monday, then on to Ely and Las Vegas on Tuesday. It has scheduled stops in 15 states before it ends Nov. 1 in New Hampshire.

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Dozens of Tea Party Hopefuls in Close Races

Los Angeles (AP) - Weeks from the elections, the tea party has proven it's no flash in the pan. More than 70 of its candidates are on ballots from coast to coast, and nearly three dozen are locked in competitive House races, according to a state-by-state analysis by The Associated Press.From the hundreds of conservative activists who took up the cause in races this year, these candidates -- mostly Republicans -- emerged to capture nominations and are running with the support of loosely organized tea party groups that are furious at the government.

Some of the candidates are political newcomers who have struggled to organize and raise money and have little chance of winning on Nov. 2. In some states, tea party groups are divided over whether to even back candidates or become active in campaigns.

But about 35 candidates appear to be waging viable campaigns that have put them ahead or within striking distance of their opponents, according to the AP analysis.

Candidates with tea party ties are favored to win in Republican-leaning districts in Indiana and South Carolina. Several are running strong in a number of rural districts in the West and the suburbs of several major cities. Three candidates aligned with the tea party are in tight races in Michigan, which has the second highest unemployment rate in the nation at 13.1 percent.

The prospects for the tea party candidates have stirred anxious debate in both political parties. And their legions of backers have Democrats fearing that 2010 could be the reverse of 2008, when Democrats attracted 15 million first-time voters who helped the party win control of the White House and Congress.

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Sarah Palin Visits Newsmax for Webcast Role to 'Make America Great Again'

Former Alaska Gov. and GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin visited Newsmax Media headquarters on Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Fla., to help launch Newsmax’s “Make America Great Again” campaign and webcast. Newsmax founder and CEO Christopher Ruddy organized the exclusive Web series, which will feature Palin and top political analysts from around the country discussing the values and policies that made America the "shining city on a hill" that President Ronald Reagan spoke of so often. The charismatic Palin toured the Newsmax headquarters, taking time to shake hands and visit with Newsmax employees. Staffers were impressed that she wanted to know the name of each person she greeted. She also acknowledged personal touches, commenting, “Look at all those kids,” as she surveyed the collection of family photos on one worker’s desk. Palin also appreciated Newsmax staffers' shout-outs of encouragement for one of her own kids: Bristol, in her quest to the win the "Dancing with the Stars" competition on ABC-TV. Palin, who calls her daughter "Bristol the Pistol," said the contest is providing a "sweet diversion." 

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Sarah Palin Generating More Buzz With Appearance at Iowa Fundraiser

Des Moines, Iowa (AP) - Forget Disneyland. Sarah Palin's going to Iowa. The former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee is on a roll: Her political endorsements have helped propel a number of upstart Republican contenders to victory in recent primaries, including a double win Tuesday in Delaware and New Hampshire. Her cable TV show makes its debut in November. And now she's off to the state that's made and broken more than its share of presidential campaigns. Palin will be the big draw at Friday's Reagan Dinner in Des Moines, the Iowa Republican Party's biggest fundraiser. The question that will be on everyone's mind is whether she'll run for president in 2012.

Iowa, home to the nation's leadoff presidential caucuses, can be tough terrain for celebrity candidates. Those who try to ride their fame to victory in Iowa without organizing a grass-roots campaign often find themselves on the outs.

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Former President Bill Clinton Warns Democrats: It's always a mistake to underestimate your Opponent

For Democrats who think a Sarah Palin run for President would be a blessing for their embattled party, former President Bill Clinton has this warning. "Think Again"

In an interview with his former White House adviser George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America, on Tuesday, Clinton said "it's always a mistake to underestimate your opponent"

After dodging a question over whether or not Palin is qualified to be president, Clinton noted the former Alaska governor's popularity among conservatives, "calling her a compeling, attractive figure." "The American people can elect whomever they they want," Clinton said.

On the campaign trail, Palin has proven to be extremely effective, with 25 of the 43 candidates she has endorsed winning primaries. Despitte recent polls which show low favorability ratings for Palin, the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee draws huge crowds wherever she goes.

Time magazine political analyst Mark Halperin compared Palin to Clinton in his column last Monday. When asked about the comparison, Clinton let out a big laugh.

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Palin Backing O'Donnell Senate Campaign

As the 2010 general election draws near Tea Party candidates are starting to gain momentum with the endorsement of political heavy hitters such as Sarah Palin. On Thursday September 29th the former Governor of Alaska publicly endorsed Tea Party Candidate Christine O'Donnell in her bitter primary against Rep. Mike Castle. Castle, a nine-term member of Congress and a two-term governor, raised $3.2 million and had $2.6 million cash on hand according to documents filed with the FEC on September 25th. O'Donnell on the other hand has ran a campaign that was severely under funded and has still managed to stay neck and neck with the nine term congressmen and two term governor Rep Mike Castle. She O'Donnell believes  that the endorsement from Palin, will give her campaign the little push it needs to make her the winner on election day. "Please support Christine O'Donnell in Delaware," Palin wrote to her supporters on Facebook. "She will support efforts for America's energy security, patient-centered health care reform, cutting government waste and letting the private sector thrive and prosper!"

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Palin calls Obama 'Barack Hussein'

(CNN) - Sarah Palin and John McCain chastised their supporters in 2008 who used the president's full name – Barack Hussein Obama – in a derisive tone.  Now it appears the former Alaska governor did just that. In an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren Wednesday, Palin said the "lamestream media" is asking more questions about Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell's background than it ever did about "Barack Hussein Obama." "Funny… that we are learning more about Christine O'Donnell and her college years, her teenage years, and her financial dealings than anybody even bothered to ask about Barack Hussein Obama as a candidate and now as our president," Palin said. When a Florida sheriff who was introducing then-candidate Palin in 2008 also referred to the Democratic nominee for president as "Barack Hussein Obama," a Palin spokesperson quickly issued a statement condemning the remarks."We do not condone this inappropriate rhetoric which distracts from the real questions of judgment, character, and experience that voters will base their decisions on this November," the spokesperson said then. Of course, referring to the president's full name is on its face not a slur. But critics of the usage have long suggested detractors who use the president's full name are doing so to suggest the president is something other than American. This Story Courtsey of CNN News