Chris Matthews hosted Mike Allen of Politico on Hardball to talk about the carrier to noise ratioSarah Palin book deal announcement with HarperCollins (no surprise as it is owned by News Corporation, the same entity that owns FOX News). Matthews exclaimed “what an embarrassment” over the deal.

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Mark Sanford rails against excessive government spending and waste but appears to be in the dark about waste under his own purview.

At a press conference Monday, Sanford discussed “a number of wasteful and inefficient proposals contained in the state budget.”

The governor particularly pointed out the proposed “Capitol Police Force,” which would move the 67 officers assigned to protect the Statehouse from the governor’s control to the legislature.

But under Sanford’s oversight, the Bureau of Protective Services assigned one in every five of those officers to administrative positions in Blythewood — something the governor said he was unaware of when asked at the press conference.

“Shouldn’t the Governor know about his own Cabinet agencies,” the reporter asked?

“If your numbers are accurate, then [the administrative assignments] are a little excessive,” Sanford replied after a long pause.

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RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s troubles with the Republican base continued this week when the embattled party leader insulted GOP primary voters as bigots that harbor ill feelings towards Mormons. Steele made the comments on the radio while guest hosting for conservative commentator Bill Bennett.

STEELE: Yeah, but let me ask you. Ok, Jay, I’m there with you. But remember, it was the base that rejected Mitt because of his switch on pro-life, from pro-choice to pro-life. It was the base that rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism. It was the base that rejected Mitch, Mitt, because they thought he was back and forth and waffling on those very economic issues you’re talking about. So, I mean, I hear what you’re saying, but before we even got to a primary vote, the base had made very clear they had issues with Mitt because if they didn’t, he would have defeated John McCain in those primaries in which he lost.

Romney spokesman Eric Ferhnstrom said the comments “miss[ed] the target” and cited primary votes cast for the former governor and that Romney won the CPAC straw poll the last three years running.

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Sarah Palin’s sky high approval numbers were much touted during the general election last year but her numbers in Alaska have plummeted from May 2008. The former vice presidential candidate was on the rise when the fledgling McCain campaign added her to the ticket but her star has since dimmed.

A new poll shows that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s popularity among Alaskans has plummeted in a year’s time. According to the poll conducted by Hays Research, about 54% of Alaskans have a “very positive” or “somewhat positive” view of the Republican governor.

Meanwhile, about 41.6% say they have a “somewhat negative” or “very negative” view of the former vice presidential nominee, according to the poll.

Compare that with numbers from May 2008 from the same group, when about 86% of those polled said they had a “very favorable” or “somewhat favorable” opinion of Palin. About 9% said they had either a “somewhat unfavorable” or “very unfavorable” view of the governor.

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It appears Romney plans to get a head start on the campaign by setting up his primary residence in the Granite State.

The Hotline reports that Mitt Romney (R) is making his primary residence at the family home in New Hampshire, the site of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary.

“Establishing residency in NH could raise expectations for Romney’s performance in the state’s 2012 primary, but the state is also flush with important contests in the upcoming 2010 midterm elections, where Romney could lend a hand.”

Just out of curiosity: does this mean that the former Massachusetts governor will be referred to as “Mitt Romney (R-New Hampshire)”?

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Roughly sixty days into the Barack Obama presidency, automated phone calls were placed to Iowa and New Hampshire for SarahPAC, the political action committee of the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, Governor Sarah Palin (Alaska).

KCCI confirmed Tuesday that some Iowa Republicans have received automated phone calls from Sarah Pac, governor Palin’s political action committee.

The calls asked Iowans several questions including whether they have a favorable opinion of Palin.

Some Iowans received the calls over the weekend as did some voters in New Hampshire.

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My former colleagues at the DNC launched this television ad attacking South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford for “playing politics” with stimulus money:

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A group filed paperwork in Connecticut to draft Governor Sarah Palin for President in 2012. Huffington Post obtained an e-mail from the group announcing the first meeting, which was held at a local Denny’s — how fitting.

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In an appearance on Sunday’s Meet the Press, former Speaker Newt Gingrich pushed back on the conservative Republican mantra: “I hope Obama fails.”

“You’ve got to want the president to succeed,” said the former House Speaker. “You’re irrational if you don’t want the president to succeed. Because if he doesn’t succeed the country doesn’t succeed… I don’t think anyone should want the president of the United States to fail. I want some of his policies to be stopped. But I don’t want the president of the United States to fail. I want him to learn new policies.”

“Irrational” conservative Republicans, according to Newt Gingrich:

• Senator David Vitter (La.)
• Congressman Mike Pence (Ind.)
• Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay
• Former Senator Rick Santorum

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Newt Gingrich floats the notion that he is considering a run for the Republican nomination in 2012:

“Callista and I will look seriously and we’ll probably get our family totally engaged, including our two grandchildren, probably in January, 2011, Gingrich told reporters during a sit-down interview before last night’s speech.

“We’ll look seriously at whether or not we think its necessary to do it. And if we think it’s necessary we’ll probably do it. And if it isn’t necessary we probably won’t do it.”

Interesting. This would be the first time Gingrich brought one of his wives into his political decision-making, rather than be political decisions unto themselves.

But did he have to be so mean about it? As reported by L.H. Carter, his campaign treasurer, Newt said of Jacqueline: “She’s not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer.” [emphasis added]

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