Read more politics stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/563/politics.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:35:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74698/what-is-it-about-palin-hard-to-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat it is exactly that captivates supporters of Sarah Palin? That's hard to say, especially for them. They gush about their gal because she stands for "freedom" and "realness," and because she's the "epitomy of conservativeness" in a video by the New Left Media. But when it comes to details,...http://www.newser.com/story/74698/what-is-it-about-palin-hard-to-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:17:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74397/in-piling-on-palin-liberals-make-fools-of-themselves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWatching liberals vilify Sarah Palin all over again bothers Lee Siegel. He finds her terrifying as a political prospect—"some of her positions, like her religious opposition to health-care reform and her opposition to stem-cell research, strike me as just shy of sociopathic"—but as an American story, she's fascinating....http://www.newser.com/story/74397/in-piling-on-palin-liberals-make-fools-of-themselves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 17:30:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72005/is-palin-seeking-job-on-linkedin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGuess who's joined LinkedIn and is eager for gainful employment? A poster identified as always-surprising GOP rogue Sarah Palin is actively seeking "job inquiries" on the Internet network for professionals. Anyone interested can peruse the posted resume, which touts "Governor, State of Alaska" as the most recent gig. Besides job...http://www.newser.com/story/72005/is-palin-seeking-job-on-linkedin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 6:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71828/9-year-old-to-obama-why-do-people-hate-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama took some heat today in New Orleans for continued slow progress in rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina, but perhaps the most pointed question he got all day came from a 9-year-old. “Why do people hate you?” Tyren Scott asked Obama, microphone in hand, during a public meeting. “They’re supposed...http://www.newser.com/story/71828/9-year-old-to-obama-why-do-people-hate-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 21:45:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70841/conservatives-intellectual-savior-try-glenn-beck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToday's conservative movement is largely brain-dead, complains Steven F. Hayward. The deep thinkers of yesteryear have given way to shallow sloganeers from the mass media. Who will be the movement's intellectual savior? Hayward sees hope in an unexpected person: Glenn Beck. Yes, he weeps on cue, but he alone is...http://www.newser.com/story/70841/conservatives-intellectual-savior-try-glenn-beck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 11:20:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70507/berlusconi-adds-michelle-to-his-tan-obama-dig.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDaffy Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi thought his first joke about President Obama being "tan" was so funny he repeated it —and this time included Michelle in the fun. "I bring greetings from a man, what's his name? Some tanned guy—Barack Obama," Berlusconi said at a rally after returning...http://www.newser.com/story/70507/berlusconi-adds-michelle-to-his-tan-obama-dig.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 2:35:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69685/paris-hilton-palin-perfect-politician-for-internet-age.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolitics is due for a shake-up of the kind the Internet gave to music and newspapers—and Sarah Palin looks like the only politician ready to deliver, Greg Beato writes in Reason . Palin's resignation makes her a true maverick, Beato writes. Just like Paris Hilton realized you don't need to...http://www.newser.com/story/69685/paris-hilton-palin-perfect-politician-for-internet-age.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 4:54:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69556/wilsons-son-to-carter-dads-no-racist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRep. Joe Wilson’s “you lie!” shout wasn’t “based on racism,” whatever Jimmy Carter might say, argues Wilson’s son. “There is not a racist bone in my dad's body,” says Alan Wilson, himself a candidate for attorney general in South Carolina, reports the Daily News . “He doesn't even laugh at distasteful...http://www.newser.com/story/69556/wilsons-son-to-carter-dads-no-racist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 13:03:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69446/wilsons-outburst-may-put-dukakis-in-kennedys-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnger at Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” attack may have provided the spark Massachusetts’ Democratic lawmakers needed to honor Ted Kennedy’s wish: that the state’s governor be given the power to appoint a temporary replacement for Kennedy, writes Dan Payne for the Daily Beast. The top candidate for the post is...http://www.newser.com/story/69446/wilsons-outburst-may-put-dukakis-in-kennedys-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 9:37:34 CDT