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What’s Sarah Palin up to?

What’s Sarah Palin up to?

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Is her resignation a masterstroke or a blunder? It could be the start of the 2012 presidential election campaign or it could be the end of that of 2008.  Former Republican Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s decision to resign as Governor of Alaska later this month has raised a lot of questions but answered few. In her announcement, in which she rambled and at times rivalled John Prescott’s ability to string non-sequiturs together, she gave few reasons other than the pressures…

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So what is the big story of London April 1-2 2009?

So what is the big story of London April 1-2 2009?

Has the Times got this one right? Here’s a selection of front pages after a dramatic news day in London. There are so many angles that it’s hard to pick up a coherent thread yet I wonder whether in historical significance the Times highlights the most important story – the Obama and Medvedev statement on nuclear stockpiles. In the UK, of course, everything is looked at in the context of something that has only happened once in the past thirty…

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Could Washington ruin Gord’s G20 hopes?

Could Washington ruin Gord’s G20 hopes?

Guardian.co.uk Why won’t they even answer the phone? A story running tonight suggests that Brown’s plan to use next month’s G20 meeting in London as key part of his personal recovery plan might not work out so smoothly after all. As the Guardian reports the cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O’Donnell, told a conference in Gateshead that No 10 was having trouble even getting in touch with key personnel at the US treasury department. “There is nobody there – you cannot…

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Is this going to give Labour a poll boost?

Is this going to give Labour a poll boost?

BBC Online But how long will it last? So there we have it. Brown’s address to Congress with its series of what was it seventeen separate standing ovations. The big question is whether it will help Labour’s standing in the polls. For the whole visit, particularly this event, is being reported in positive terms and there’s little doubt that for a British PM to be seen to be lauded in this way will go down well. My guess is that…

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Could Shadsy be the hero at Ladbrokes tonight?

Could Shadsy be the hero at Ladbrokes tonight?

BBC News Online Will the bookie win back its party sponsorship and more? Judging by level of activity going through PB’s odds comparison micro-site the Ladbrokes market on the words that Gordon Brown will use in today’s Congress speech has been one of the most popular non-election political betting events that we’ve seen. It will be recalled that punters have been offered odds on a range of words and phrases that the PM might use in the speech and if…

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Is the Washington visit going wrong for Gord?

Is the Washington visit going wrong for Gord?

Times Online Could it be said that Obama is snubbing him? Clearly Barack Obama or his advisers can read opinion polls and it appears that they have made their minds up about Gordon Brown. For not too long after the British party arrived in Washington news came through that there will be no joint press conference between the two leaders. Instead Brown is going to have to make do with what’s described as a a “pool spray”. This is where…

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Is this the first skirmish of the 2012 race?

Is this the first skirmish of the 2012 race?

Can Huntsman impede the Bobby Jindal bandwagon? Today’s a big day in the 2012 race for the White House with prominent Republicans trying to position themselves as the best person to take on Barack Obama. Governors have been holding one of their regular meetings and tonight the young bright hope for the party, the Oxford-educated Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, will be making his party’s response to Obama’s address to a joint session of congress. This is a big moment…

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Will Obama be the one that saves Brown?

Will Obama be the one that saves Brown?

How important is being the first leader to see him? By all accounts Brown Central is placing a lot on the relationship between their man and President Obama. The news that the race to have first phone conversation with between a European leader and Obama was won by Brown was highlighted over the weekend. Next comes the question of which of the big three – Sarkozy, Merkel or Brown – gets the first meeting. There have been reports that Brown…

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