I just watched Sarah Palin resign from the Alaskan governor’s office on CNN. She said politics had become too big of a distraction for the governor’s office, mentioned her son Trigg and talked about influencing society outside of government.

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Biden in the VP debate.

WASHINGTON — When Jake Wagman blogged recently that Vice President Joe Biden would be in town this week for a Democratic fundraiser, there were a few, well, unkind responses.

Might they have been from Sarah Palin fans, recalling that memorable debate last…

Gov. Tim Kaine

WASHINGTON – Who can forget the Democratic Party’s messy primary season last year, when Democrats in two big states — Florida and Michigan – ended up in a standoff with the national party?

To recap, party rules stipulated that just four states —…

Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin is getting quite a reception from a crowd of several thousand at the state Capitol. The state patrol is putting the crowd at 17,000; the GOP is estimating 20,000.

In speaking of energy policy, Palin said:…

There’s been no sign of VP nominee Sarah Palin on the Capitol steps, but she was apparently working the crowd as they stood in line on High Street this morning.

Ellen Turner, 42, said she was in line at about 9:30…

Gov. Matt Blunt just took to the Capitol steps to fire up the crowd at the Jefferson City event where Gov. Sarah Palin will be speaking in about 45 minutes.

Here’s Blunt on Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama:

“Our opponent is a celebrity…

Sondra Luna, 35, of Independence, was one of the first people on the sidewalk this morning outside the Sarah Palin event in Jefferson City.

But she’s not necessarily a supporter of the Republican nominee for vice president.

“I’m just making a…

The satellite trucks are out and a small line is beginning to form to get into the state Capitol grounds to hear Gov. Sarah Palin speak in Jefferson City. The gates don’t open for another 40 minutes, so the crowd is…

I just returned from Cape Girardeau, where I watched Sarah Palin give a speech to thousands of supporters. I talked to some of them after her talk to get their thoughts on the candidate and the upcoming election.

Here’s one of…

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