Sarah+Palin

**President 2012** Project Members: Hunter Kerestes, Steven Gross, David Farish

**Current government or other position or activities:** Sarah Palin has currently resigned from the position of the governor of Alaska. She is very against the Libya conflict. She is currently not officially involved in any office. She is focusing all of her time into gaining support for election to President.   **Political Party:** Republican Party  **Home State:** Alaska  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Brief Biography:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sarah Palin was born on February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho. She later moved to Alaska when she was three years old. As a child, she hunted and later became part of the National Rifle Association. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987. She also became a television sports reporter in Anchorage, Alaska. Sarah Palin is a mother of five children. Before becoming governor of Alaska, she served as a mayor. Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski appointed Sarah Palin to chair the state's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in 2003 <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Positions (on five issues):** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Overall philosophy of government and placement of the political system:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sarah Palin believes in the rights of individual citizens, and promotes spending for the greater good. She was an established governor. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Base(s) of support and source(s) of opposition:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sarah Palin is often casted out because she is not part of the continental United States and does not know the issues that affect the states in the continental United States. She also lacks some important education in political science. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Recent quotations from the candidate from a speech or an interview:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these past few days, that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.” <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Recent quotations from a politician or commentator who disagrees with them on issues:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Sarah is a small town mayor.”--Unanimous
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Name: Sarah Palin ** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">[[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/euFYRyeKcZhdFai_jKhMhU9aZAs0mFvzrRn4Vq4dQKT_g3t1iExTF6akYI_U78ic2lOAHXpcJ4VOmIRoP2Z9REmCiHeg2cViCd6Rk9x_vg4TFVaEWw width="665" height="338"]] <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">
 * 1) She is for lowering taxes.
 * 2) She As a conservative Protestant, pushed for pro-life policies; expressed her disapproval of embryonic stem cell research.
 * 3) She also believes that creationism should be taught in public schools with the theory of evolution.
 * 4) Sarah Palin is also against same-sex marriages.
 * 5) Sarah Palin believes that global warming is almost completely man-made.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Three little-known or interesting facts about the candidate:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. She played on Wasilla High School's state champion girls' basketball team, picking up the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" for her intense playing style. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Sarah Palin wore the crown of Miss Wasilla in 1984 and was the runner-up in the Miss Alaska contest. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. While running for governor, Palin supported the so-called "bridge to nowhere," a $400 million plan to build a bridge in a remote Alaskan community

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Video of the candidate giving a speech or doing an interview:**

"Pray for victims, their families & communities suffering in storm-ravaged states. May America's good heart shine for them w/support & prayer"--From Twitter today.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Video giving a speech ** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Huffington Post] <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personal Websites: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">[|Sarah PAC (Official Site)] <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">[|Facebook] <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">[|SarahPalinUSATwitter] <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Three or more questions to ask the candidate:** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. For what reasons did you become involved in politics? 2. How has your political experience changed your life? 3. Who was your greatest inspiration in becoming a governor?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Links to at least three recent New York times and other articles about the candidate:** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[]  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[]  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[]  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[]  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Available information about current polling with respect to this candidate:**  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released finds that Sarah Palin's favorable rating has risen to 46 percent. That represents an increase from the 39 percent favorable rating for Palin in CNN polling over the summer, following her decision to resign from her job as Alaska governor. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">Sarah is becoming more and more popular, but not enough to get her into office. Recent polls show that the Republican electorate have a majority with Senator Palin.

She has both 46% popularity and unpopularity voting. That means that 46% approve of her becoming President, while 46% disapprove of it. 8% of the voters are undecided.

The poll also found that former Vice President Dick Cheyenne, a frequent critic of President Obama, remains unpopular. Cheyenne's unfavorable rating sits at 53 percent, while 39 percent view him favorably.

Eight in ten Republicans view Palin favorably, CNN reports, while more than seven in 10 Democrats views her unfavorably. Men are more likely to view Palin favorably than women. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Analysis by political observers about the candidate’s chances to win the White House in 2012:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Joe Biden doesn’t believe that Sarah Palin has a chance at the 2012 election. He thinks that Sarah Palin is too “cut and dry” and isolated from what is going on in the US. Other political analysts do not believe that she stands a chance to win the election. She is not established as a probable politician, and her views do not reflect the majority of Americans. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> [|New York Times] <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|LA Times]  <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">[|ADN] <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Works Cited <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Adrienne Ross -. "Team Sarah - American Values in Action.."//Team Sarah - American Values in Action.//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. []. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">"Former Gov. Sarah Palin | Alaska news at adn.com."//Alaska News, Jobs and Advertising from the Anchorage Daily News | Anchorage, Mat-Su Valley, Kenai Peninsula//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. []. "SarahPAC - Sarah Palin's Official PAC." //SarahPAC - Sarah Palin's Official PAC//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. []. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">"Sarah Palin Biography." //Bio True Story//. A&E Television Networks. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. <http://www.biography.com/articles/Sarah-Palin-360398>. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">"Sarah Palin." //Chicago Tribute//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 1927. [|www.chicagotribune.com/topic/politics/government/sarah- palin-PEPLT00 07504.topic]. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Sarah Palin //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">. Digital image. //Why Sarah Palin?// Vote Truth 08. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. [|http://www.votetruth08.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Sarah Palin.jpg]. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">"Sarah Palin Is In The Crosshair Now.” N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. <[]>.  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">"Sarah Palin Quotes: 25 Most Memorable Palin RNC Speech Quotes." Blogger News Network, 4 Sept. 2008. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. <[]>.