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Palin endorsements are a success?? Are you sure???
Primary losses blunt Palin's 'mama grizzly' claws
By PHILIP ELLIOTT
updated 8/19/2010 7:12:36 PM ET
It's been a summer of setbacks for Sarah Palin. Candidate "cubs" endorsed by the Mama Grizzly in Chief have been suffering a recent string of primary election losses.
The Republicans' 2008 vice presidential nominee promised a pack of "mama grizzly" candidates would rise up and defeat Democrats in this November's elections. But office-seekers she supported in Kansas, Wyoming and Washington state lost their primaries despite her high-profile endorsements. And Karen Handel lost her runoff contest for Georgia governor a day after sharing an Atlanta stage with Palin.
Now, Alaska's Senate primary on Tuesday is shaping up as an embarrassing defeat in her own backyard. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is expected to dispatch the challenger Palin has endorsed in the Republican contest.
She backed former Super Bowl champion Clint Didier over establishment-recruited Dino Rossi in Washington state's GOP Senate primary. Didier lost on Tuesday.
She supported staunchly conservative Rep. Todd Tiahrt in the Kansas GOP Senate primary. He was defeated by Rep. Jerry Moran on Aug. 3.
In Wyoming, Palin-endorsed candidate Rita Meyer whom Palin described as "a unique blend of steel magnolia and mama grizzly" lost a squeaker of a gubernatorial primary to Matt Mead.
And she's going with former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte over wealthy businessmen Bill Binnie and Jim Bender in the state's Sept. 14 Senate primary a move that drew a page one rebuke in the state's largest newspaper.
Palin remains a unifying figure for Democrats.
She is a favorite target of mockery for her messages on Twitter using colorful language such as "cackle of rads" and "refudiate."
Primary losses blunt Palin's 'mama grizzly' claws - Politics - msnbc.com
There's more. I wish I could post all of it. The bottom line is that her endorsements are a bust, not a success.
Primary losses blunt Palin's 'mama grizzly' claws
By PHILIP ELLIOTT
updated 8/19/2010 7:12:36 PM ET
It's been a summer of setbacks for Sarah Palin. Candidate "cubs" endorsed by the Mama Grizzly in Chief have been suffering a recent string of primary election losses.
The Republicans' 2008 vice presidential nominee promised a pack of "mama grizzly" candidates would rise up and defeat Democrats in this November's elections. But office-seekers she supported in Kansas, Wyoming and Washington state lost their primaries despite her high-profile endorsements. And Karen Handel lost her runoff contest for Georgia governor a day after sharing an Atlanta stage with Palin.
Now, Alaska's Senate primary on Tuesday is shaping up as an embarrassing defeat in her own backyard. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is expected to dispatch the challenger Palin has endorsed in the Republican contest.
She backed former Super Bowl champion Clint Didier over establishment-recruited Dino Rossi in Washington state's GOP Senate primary. Didier lost on Tuesday.
She supported staunchly conservative Rep. Todd Tiahrt in the Kansas GOP Senate primary. He was defeated by Rep. Jerry Moran on Aug. 3.
In Wyoming, Palin-endorsed candidate Rita Meyer whom Palin described as "a unique blend of steel magnolia and mama grizzly" lost a squeaker of a gubernatorial primary to Matt Mead.
And she's going with former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte over wealthy businessmen Bill Binnie and Jim Bender in the state's Sept. 14 Senate primary a move that drew a page one rebuke in the state's largest newspaper.
Palin remains a unifying figure for Democrats.
She is a favorite target of mockery for her messages on Twitter using colorful language such as "cackle of rads" and "refudiate."
Primary losses blunt Palin's 'mama grizzly' claws - Politics - msnbc.com
There's more. I wish I could post all of it. The bottom line is that her endorsements are a bust, not a success.