Sarah Palin’s new reality show claims to show her in a “natural” setting. I bet there are more interesting perspectives on this natural state.

She’s leading 41% to 34% right now with 76% reporting. Not an insurmountable lead, but things would really have to start going Joe Miller’s way in order for him to overtake the incumbent. From NY Times: The Murkowski campaign had used unconventional means to wage her unconventional campaign — from wristbands to homespun jingles and [...]

Looks like the Tea Party folks are getting a lot more push back from the GOP then they were expecting. First Mike Castle won’t endorse Christine O’Donnell in Delaware and now Lisa Murkowski is literally trying to win while not being on the ballot. From Anchorage Daily News: Murkowski said she agonized over the decision [...]

There’s been some speculation on this blog and elsewhere that a potential reason for Palin stepping down was a federal probe into her time as Wasilla’s mayor because of misuse of building materials from a city project. Well, the L.A. Times contacted the FBI, and there doesn’t seem to be anything to it… A day [...]

First, a portion of the video. I can’t find the entire thing yet, but when I do I’ll just swap it out. Did you catch that? She’s resigning because she doesn’t want to be a lame duck Governor and waste taxpayer money. Well, I do know one thing that’s lame…. In any event, here’s the [...]

If Sarah Palin really does have presidential aspirations, today’s move was the worst she ever could have made. I discuss why over at True/Slant.

In a surprise move, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has announced she is resigning, effective July 26th. She claims that because she is not running for re-election, she doesn’t want to be a lame duck and subject herself to politics as usual. Odd excuse. Either some scandal is about to break or Palin has decided that [...]

Found this on Political Wire and it’s typical of the nonsense we heard from her during the campaign… Palin: We are the only state with a negative tax rate where we don’t have any income, sales or property tax statewide, and yes we have a share of our oil resource revenue that goes back to [...]

In the wake of the Justice Department’s decision to drop charges against former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, Alaska’s Governor is joining those making a rather absurd call: Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) called on Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska ) Thursday to step down from his seat and run in a special election in the wake of [...]

Why? Because it looks like she’d be embarrassed by the Republican incumbent. From KTUU: Pollster Dave Dittman just finished a statewide survey on a possible Palin-versus-Murkowski matchup – and Murkowski beats Palin, at least in this poll, hands down. Murkowski garnered 57 percent to Palin’s 33 percent; 9 percent said they were not sure. And [...]

A Hardball panel discusses her future and her recent appears at the Republican Governors Association convention… As usual, Pat Buchanan loves Palin, but the other Republican on the panel isn’t too keen to give her the same praise. And frankly, I think many in the GOP are embarrassed by her performance on the trail. Especially [...]

At least according to a leading GOP pollster in Alaska… “I don’t think Stevens can come back,” [GOP pollster David] Dittman said, noting that he thinks the remaining trove of uncounted ballots will help Begich “increase his lead.” Even if Begich’s advantage grows, however, Dittman believes it’s highly unlikely that Stevens will concede the race [...]

Pure fluff, but hey…it is Palin and she’s auditioning for 2012 at this point. So, here’s Greta Van Susteren’s interview in five parts. Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five And scene.

Stevens had a 3,200 vote lead on election night, but that has completely evaporated. Yesterday, Doug posted that Mark Begich led by only 3 votes. Today that total is up to around 800. Begich: 132,196 Stevens: 131,382 And the Dems inch closer and closer to a supermajority…

What was once a 3,200 vote margin has disappeared, and Sen. Ted Stevens (R., Federal Prison) now trails in his re-election bid: The elections division still has over 10,000 ballots left to count today and thousands more through next week, but the latest numbers show Mark Begich leading Sen. Ted Stevens 125,019 to 125,016. The [...]

Well, the woman certainly doesn’t mince words, does she? This from her interview tonight on Greta Van Sustern’s show… “You know, I have — faith is a very big part of my life. And putting my life in my creator’s hands — this is what I always do. I’m like, OK, God, if there is [...]

First she said he should. Now she’s deferring to others, which is the same as backing away from her previous statements without explicitly saying as much. This is a pretty big development, and one that signals Palin’s unwillingness to cede the Senate seat to a Democrat. Because Stevens challenger Mark Begich would obviously be the [...]

Why? Because early, absentee and provisional votes seem to favor challenger Mark Begich (pictured above). Analysis from Nate Silver: Although Ted Stevens currently holds a lead of approximately 3,200 votes in ballots counted to date in Alaska’s senate contest, there is good reason to believe that the ballots yet to be counted — the vast [...]

Probably a little too late to help McCain/Palin, but this is good news for the Republicans: A report has cleared Gov. Sarah Palin of ethics violations in the firing of her public safety commissioner. The report, released Monday, said: “There is no probable cause to believe that the governor, or any other state official, violated [...]

“We’re set up, unlike other states in the union, where it’s collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs.” – Sarah Palin quoted in the latest New Yorker Now, I don’t know about you, but “share in the wealth” certainly sounds exactly like “spreading the [...]