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...Obama - flanked by his cowboy-hat-wearing Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar - announced support for the potential expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling in America. His proposal would open parts of the Atlantic coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and parts of the north shore of Alaska to exploration. But it would keep drilling out of Alaska's Bristol Bay, a fertile fishing ground that generates nearly $2 billion worth of seafood each year. (See the top 10 green ideas...
...Partyer hoisted the message "Reid-McCain: Two Sides of the Same Damn Coin. Vote Them Out." Another placard featured McCain's picture with the words "No More RINOs [Republicans in Name Only] - Retire McCain." Before Palin's arrival, activists in the crowd debated among themselves whether the former Alaska governor had fallen from grace by trying to save McCain, who is facing a spirited challenge in the state's August Republican primary from former Congressman and conservative talk-show host J.D. Hayworth. Although Hayworth doesn't have the formal backing of Arizona's Tea Party movement, his campaign's animating...
...visibility - and refusing to be challenged or held accountable by adversaries or the press - she has become even more irresistible as programming and copy. Just last week, she signed a television deal reportedly worth millions to be featured in an eight-episode documentary called Sarah Palin's Alaska on Discovery's TLC channel. She'll add the show to Palin Inc., which already includes her richly compensated duties on Fox and another book on the way, as well as the mega-best seller Going Rogue and numerous private speaking engagements. But Palin plans to make time to help a roster...
...easy to save control of Congress - and Reid's seat - in November. But the passage of health care gives the President's party confidence that they have a fighting chance to keep Palin from commanding her grass-roots army to victory. Don't be surprised if the former Alaska governor, as well as a host of politicians, pundits and the press, use martial imagery to describe events over the next seven months and to rally the troops accordingly. For Palin - and Obama, Reid and McCain - the passage of health care was not the war - it was just the opening battle...
...time, he and his wife Peggy could take on a challenge like Alaska, recruit allies through the force of their personal conviction and leave behind 100 million protected acres as a legacy. He did the same thing with the redwoods and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. He also forged an unlikely alliance with a Congressman who almost never went outdoors--California's Phillip Burton--that saved hundreds of other spots...