Palin launches new PAC? Update: Legit
posted at 12:35 pm on January 27, 2009 by Allahpundit
I think it’s legit, but hold off on donating just yet. The only reporter to have any firsthand knowledge of its provenance appears to be Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams:
She’s also launching her national political action committee. Registered in Virginia, patterned after Hillary’s HillPac, Sarahpac.com is to support ideas and candidates who share the Palin vision that energy independence is this country’s future.
Next month she addresses a Washington gathering of prominent conservatives. She’s going ahead with a book. Her Facebook page has 410,000 friends. She wants to influence policy knowing the nation must turn to Alaska as its energy resource. She’s planning to be president.
Greta picked it up from there, as did James Pethokoukis at U.S. News, as did wowOwow. But when the Anchorage Daily News dialed the number, all they got was this:
So far, though, the PAC doesn’t appear to be registered with the Federal Election Commission. When I called the number listed on sarahpac.com, I got a message that referred me back to the information on the website. The answering machine message doesn’t say anything about questions from the general public, but it asks reporters with questions about the PAC to leave their name and number.
They were probably planning to roll it out later this week and Adams got a tip that the site was already live, but as I say, hang on to your money until someone confirms it. If it is for real, expect some of the money to go to green causes to help recast the ‘Cuda as a centrist. And the media to pay very close attention to how much money her PAC’s raising compared to Huck’s and Mitt’s.
Adams also claims Palin will be at the Alfalfa Club dinner with Obama that’s coming up; take a gander at the membership roll. Exit question: Will she be “nominated”?
Update: The boss just got off the phone with a spokesman for Campaign Solutions, the site’s registrar, who told her it’s for real and that the PAC papers were filed with the FEC yesterday.
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We need you Sarah. Ignore Andrew Sullivan slandering your uterus.
Mr. Joe on January 27, 2009 at 12:37 PM
who cares… this is 4 years away… we have a “marxist tendancy” in chief federalizing the nation NOW…
gatorboy on January 27, 2009 at 12:38 PM
My God someone take lead.
hawkdriver on January 27, 2009 at 12:38 PM
My “Don’t Blame Me, I Vote for Palin” bumper stickers have shipped! YAY!
Though, she may be running for President of the Middle States in four years, while they’re fighting the parentheses.
PastorJon on January 27, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Palin is probably unelectable at the presidential level. However, she might be able to nail a senate seat.
moxie_neanderthal on January 27, 2009 at 12:40 PM
That explains it…
Vashta.Nerada on January 27, 2009 at 12:41 PM
I hope she uses part of the funds to support a conservative candidate in the AZ primary for senate against maverick.
HornetSting on January 27, 2009 at 12:41 PM
or
Looks like there are two, but are they legit?
right2bright on January 27, 2009 at 12:17 PM
right2bright on January 27, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Obligatory “at least she got him interested in a uterus for once” joke.
I’m sorry. I graduated from the Gallagher school of comedy. Cut me some slack.
Pasalubong on January 27, 2009 at 12:42 PM
moxie_neanderthal on January 27, 2009 at 12:40 PM
a lot can change in 4 or 8 years.
An Era of Hate on January 27, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Trolls to the thread in 3…2…1…
HornetSting on January 27, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Where does one get the “Don’t Blame Me , I voted for Palin” bumper stickers?
Sweetness0726 on January 27, 2009 at 12:43 PM
“But when the Anchorage Daily News dialed the number, all they got was this:
So far, though, the PAC doesn’t appear to be registered with the Federal Election Commission. When I called the number listed on sarahpac.com, I got a message that referred me back to the information on the website.”
She had their number blocked.
heh
artist on January 27, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Go Sarah go! Palin/Jindal 2012!!!
Princeps on January 27, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Huffpo and DU are sending out the “HotAir Palin Attack” memos to their footsoldiers as we speak.
hawkdriver on January 27, 2009 at 12:45 PM
BS: Huck/Chafee 2012 FTW!!!!!
abobo on January 27, 2009 at 12:47 PM
One of the issues in the 2008 election was that the GOP was split and the party nominee (McCain/Palin) did not even gain complete consensus and/or support of mainstream Republicans; hopefully Gov. Palin can achieve the support of all in the GOP if she decides to run in 2012 and become the banner GOP candidate WE CAN ALL support. BTW: In my opinion it is none too early to start the next campaign for president by the GOP; Obama and Co. cleaned our clocks in the 2008 election and he did it by starting early and getting his campaign focused. You can disagree with him but his campaign methods were phenomenally successful. As mentioned, I hope Sarah Palin decides to run and wish her well with this PAC.
Go Sarah…
IntheNet on January 27, 2009 at 12:47 PM
yeah baby its for real
ousoonerfan15 on January 27, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Don’t go donating yet…
From the headline’s thread:
malan89 on January 27, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Eh, never mind. They really should update that Bio, though. And a video greeting of some sort from the Governor herself would probably be a nice touch. The website as it stands now seems kinda rushed.
malan89 on January 27, 2009 at 12:51 PM
This is great but we need Republicans in Congress to be working n stopping The One™ and his march to socialism/Marxism NOW. They are working to destroy the economy this week and next they will go after of foreign policy, the military, socialized medicine and the Bill of Rights next.
johnsteele on January 27, 2009 at 12:51 PM
The BEGINNING of the END of the 100 year reign of the Messiah is NOW Official. As I have said, I think it will be, and I prefer Sanford / Palin, but either way the END of the Obamanation is 4 years away. There IS a God and it’s NOT Obama… Real Conservatives should rejoice and stand in the breach, man the wall and hold out till 2010 and 2012!
Mark Garnett on January 27, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Will she donate money to pro-amnesty candidates? Inquiring minds want to know!
Allahpundit on January 27, 2009 at 12:56 PM
She will problem seem like Ronny in 4 years.
tomas on January 27, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Sarah Palin is not the future of the GOP
offroadaz on January 27, 2009 at 12:57 PM
This ia a constosant theme of mine. To those who assert than it is ridiculous that Sarah has formed a PAC with the election 4 years away you are the trolls we refer to or supporters of other candidates who do not want Sarah to get a head start. We know what you’re up to.
Well, the die has been cast. Sarah has declared. I am 100% behind her. Today is the day we start the drive to take back America and preserve its Constitution, freedoms and the free enterprise system for future generations.
technopeasant on January 27, 2009 at 12:58 PM
I applaud Sarah Palin for doing this.
However, my fear is that by 2012, it is going to be too late as socialism will be so entrenched it will be impossible to reverse.
-Dave
Dave R. on January 27, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Nah, make it Palin/Sanford. Palin’s got the star power, the support of the conservative base, and the ability to raise way more money than Sanford ever could.
But I do think a ticket of 2 governors is the way to go next time around. I can’t see anyone from Congress being too popular in 4 years given the way they’re spending taxpayer dollars.
I donated to a political candidate for the first time ever in the last election right after McCain selected Palin for his running mate. This time around I’ll do whatever I can. Work the phone banks, go door-to-door, donate money. If there’s enough of this country left to salvage in 2012, people like Palin, Sanford, and Jindal may be our last hope.
Doughboy on January 27, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Allahpundit, starter of flame wars and keeper of the banhammer.
malan89 on January 27, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Sarah,
Helpful tips.
Remove all the Alaska stuff. You are an American leader now.
Put up an issues page.
Fire whoever put up this site.
faraway on January 27, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Haha.
Troublemaker.
Slublog on January 27, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Never too soon.
tarpon on January 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM
hahah than who is offroadz??
ousoonerfan15 on January 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM
I hope NOT or her standing with me and MILLIONS of other Americans will go WAY DOWN! We are being INVADED, why help the enemy?
Mark Garnett on January 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM
No one can accuse Sarah for not striking while the iron is hot.
technopeasant on January 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Go Sarah.
Ronnie on January 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Where do I send the check?
Tommy_G on January 27, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Maybe a Palin/Gillibrand ’12 Unity Ticket?????? Who would be the conservative there?
(Runs away and hides)
malan89 on January 27, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Which is why you must bow to him 5x a day bishes!
abobo on January 27, 2009 at 1:02 PM
No it won’t. Sarahcuda can do no wrong among her admirers. If she says amnesty’s the way to go, half the GOP will turn pro-amnesty overnight.
But not my boss!
Allahpundit on January 27, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Nobody who voted for Obama in ’08 will vote for Palin in ’12. Absolutely nobody. She should stay in Alaska and away from video cameras.
WisCon on January 27, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Mark Garnett
I’m with you Mark (though I’m more of a Palin/Jindal supporter), but can we agree on what “stand in the breach” means? Like the founding fathers of this great nation or like the foundering farters of the current Republican Party?
SKYFOX on January 27, 2009 at 1:03 PM
Here’s a good stimulus proposal for your issues page:
- remove 20 million illegal aliens, add 5 million jobs
/ only half kidding
faraway on January 27, 2009 at 1:03 PM
allah do you realize what it would have done to the ticket if she had totally disagreed with mccain on this issue?? The press would have talked about this for weeks. She was smart to follow the script on this issue.
ousoonerfan15 on January 27, 2009 at 1:04 PM
At least now she will have the money to travel around the country for speaking engagements/political events without all the trolls screaming “Who’s paying for it? Who’s paying for it?”
However, she needs to watch the donor list carefully. George Soros will send money for Charles Manson and Jack Abamoff to contribute to SarahPAC, just so they can paint her with “associations”. Axelrod will be examining every contributor to SarahPAC to the second and third degree.
Jim62sch on January 27, 2009 at 1:04 PM
An Inconvenient Truth.
malan89 on January 27, 2009 at 1:04 PM
2012 isn’t going to happen, and anyone who thinks so is delusional… if she was smart she would just do a good job as gov… do some high profile nonprofit work for about 6 or so years… and then..and then.. maybe… but probably not…
ninjapirate on January 27, 2009 at 1:05 PM
I’m with your BOSS. I’m a Palin fan and Sanford and Jindal fan exactly beacuse they WON’T abandon America. But if they did turn traitor and faux-Conservative like you and Ed, then I’d throw her and them out with the other garbage. Principales, values, core beliefs or BUST!
Mark Garnett on January 27, 2009 at 1:05 PM
A Vice President’s job is to promote the President’s policies. It would have been inappropriate for her to contradict the boss.
faraway on January 27, 2009 at 1:05 PM
I dont see a clear front runner right now. The party still has not found itself. Their is too much infighting, conservatives, religious people, ron paul repubs and other groups. There is no clear meaning of what a Republican is anymore. Some people who are Republican are for small government and reducing our military presence overseas, others are for bigger government and bigger military spending. Some want the gov’t to mandate morals to society, others want gov’t out of their lives.
Until the party finds its identity again its too early to call a front runner
offroadaz on January 27, 2009 at 1:05 PM
I threw down $25 bux. What the hell, she’s SarahCuda Baby!
Sacwannabe on January 27, 2009 at 1:07 PM
you are going to be looking pretty foolish ninja
ousoonerfan15 on January 27, 2009 at 1:07 PM
It should be clear to everyone that a leadership vacuum has occurred while Sarah has been quiet over the last couple of months.
Sarah, we are waiting.
faraway on January 27, 2009 at 1:07 PM
A Palin vs. Obama campaign would be boatloads of fun if only to see which candidate’s supporters are more fanatic. The new Reagan vs. the new Lincoln!
Allahpundit on January 27, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Ummm, AP is anti-amnesty. Ed is anti-amnesty. Palin is pro-amnesty. Your comment was full of fail.
malan89 on January 27, 2009 at 1:08 PM
I have never seen you post before, offroadaz. If there is so much infighting and tons of different directions to go, who are you to say that Palin is not the future of the party? How can you possibly know?
jimmy the notable on January 27, 2009 at 1:08 PM
I didn’t donate, but I’m already signed up.
moc23 on January 27, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Not a problem. I don’t have an issue with solar/wind/geothermal. They just aren’t going to be the be all and end all of energy independence.
My only concern is are we going to have elections in 2012.
rbj on January 27, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Campaign rhetoric. She supported it because Maverick supported it. Can’t take it at face value.
Although Allahpundit has drained that one statement for all its worth, because he doesn’t like the Cuda.
jimmy the notable on January 27, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Sure, it’s simple for me… Oppose OBAMANATION at every turn, hope and work for his POLICIES to FAIL. Not harm to him or the Office of President, but his goals and radical left tendacies to FAIL. Push our weak knee’d Congress to “grow a set”! That’s standing in the breach, at the wall.
Mark Garnett on January 27, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Allahpundit on January 27, 2009
Unlike you, AP, Sarah Palin has convictions and standards. She won’t say “amnesty’s the way to go” because, also unlike you, she doesn’t go through life with her finger in the wind waiting to see what she should believe today.
SKYFOX on January 27, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Sarah has now set the scene for her speech at CPAC at the end of February. Now the world will assess her speech in terms of how Presidential she sounds. People say the next election is way off but really what they’re hoping is that Sarah fizzles out and falls off the map.
Unless Sarah is hampered by her family, disabled or dead no force on earth will deter her from her appointed mission. Take it from someone who has made a study of superstars and/or people with charisma–they only go away if they want to go away or stay beyond their prime. Look it appears Sarah is not going to disappear and at 45 she is well into her prime and not about to leave it anytime soon.
technopeasant on January 27, 2009 at 1:10 PM
I really don’t want her to run in 2012. She needs more time if anything, just so the “I can see Russia from my house” jokes can subside.
Esthier on January 27, 2009 at 1:11 PM
What is up with people launching their websites before the copy is edited? A PAC seems like a great idea to keep the pumps primed but not keeping a lid on it until everything was copacetic is a bit sophomoric.
She’s a smart lady with consistently bad handlers and advisers. This will give Americans time to get to know the real Sarah, and not the image proffered by Camp McCain and broadcast news outlets.
The Race Card on January 27, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Best news Ive seen since Sarah was nominated. She has my support 110%!
NY Conservative on January 27, 2009 at 1:11 PM
We are allowed to correct Allahpundit when he’s wrong, aren’t we?
pannw on January 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Who you calling fanatic, Hitchens-boy? :p
But seriously, I love Palin but not donating until we see what/who this pac spends its money on. Let’s give her a chance and she what she does not tied to McCain. AP, Ed, Michelle, keep us updated.
Pasalubong on January 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM
However, my fear is that by 2012, it is going to be too late as socialism will be so entrenched it will be impossible to reverse.
-Dave
Dave R. on January 27, 2009
Your fear is well grounded.
artist on January 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM
And in addition Sarah will now have the opportunity to oppose Obama’s stimulus package and be more involved in the national political scene.
technopeasant on January 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM
If? So this is all just some big fantasy? Nothing but inuendo based on a couple quotes while she was running with McCain? Dude.
Ronnie on January 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Who has the time?
Ronnie on January 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM
I’m signed up.
Aronne on January 27, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Meh – I’m holding off on the “Palin is pro-amnesty” thing until I see some indication of it outside the campaign statement. We all know that one of McCain’s pipe dreams was getting the Hispanic vote, so I have little doubt that Palin was emphatically told not to disrupt that “strategy”.
I can’t think of her publicly breaking with McCain on anything else besides ANWR – the Bill Ayers line of attack against The One was probably a trial balloon the campaign premiered with Palin, to see if it would fly for McCain. It never did because the press branded questions about Ayers as RAAAACIIISSSTTT.
Jim62sch on January 27, 2009 at 1:13 PM
My pick for 2012 is still MARK SANFORD. The guy is the real deal, I don’t know why he’s not already being prepped to be THE guy.
But Palin, if she does a good solid conservative job over the next 4 years is a viable option. She is a rockstar within the GOP, and they can’t be discounted.
Let’s be honest, she’d do pretty well in Iowa, and if Mark Sanford doesn’t run she’d do well in South Carolina. New Hampshire might be tougher sledding.
therightwinger on January 27, 2009 at 1:14 PM
This is the link for bumper stickers. I was seeing if anybody had already taken http://www.ivotedforpalin.com and it took me to this site.
PastorJon on January 27, 2009 at 1:14 PM
They are faux-Conservatives, more afraid everyday t ooffend the MSM tools and Obama-bots in the Blogg universe. I stand by my comment, Palin is NOT pro-Illegal ANYTHING! Illeagal immigration is a WINNING tool for Conservatives with a little over 75% of Americans in a recent poll citing a desire to close the border, stronger enforcment, ect. Palin is FOR America, illegal immigration is NOT American.
So move on… you have been slapped.
Mark Garnett on January 27, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Now that’s funny. I love having AP to kick around.
faraway on January 27, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Exactly, Allahpundit already has his point of attack picked, because he wouldn’t know what to do with an honest-to-goodness likable, effective and supportable candidate.
jimmy the notable on January 27, 2009 at 1:15 PM
I thought that about Bush/Reagan voters. However, I saw republicans who should know better following the lemmings off the Obama cliff.
There is one thing you can say about Sarah Palin, If they tell her its impossible…..she proves them wrong.
portlandon on January 27, 2009 at 1:16 PM
I hope she achieves unity among the GOP if she runs; divided Republicans fail, united (as we all were behind Reagan) we succeed! We need to unite behind a single candidate this time even though that candidate may not represent all our pet issues. Unity is key.
Go Sarah…
IntheNet on January 27, 2009 at 1:16 PM
You guys are kidding yourselves if you think Palin’s going to be a hardcore border enforcer after McCain cratered with Hispanics this past year. She needs to remake herself as a centrist and supporting a path to citizenship is an easy way to do it. It’s a disgrace that conservative journalists like Hannity don’t press her on this subject when they interview her.
Allahpundit on January 27, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Just signed up. No donation, just ready to roll.
Palin – 2012!
Onager on January 27, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Because, sadly, the dude looks like Guy Smiley.
Pasalubong on January 27, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Ive been here for awhile. Google site:hotair.com offroadaz
Maybe I should rephrase my statement though. Palin is not my choice for the future. She has some good ideas, but she also has allot of viewpoints I strongly disagree with.
offroadaz on January 27, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Fresh air from outside Washington…. that is CHANGE we need. The One’s first week was just more of the same from the wrong direction, but with a surprising number of gaffes to keep me entertained.
I’m signed up.
Rockygold on January 27, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Hannity is not a journalist.
faraway on January 27, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Surely this comment is proof that you’re wrong about AP. Putting my finger to the wind, I know that it’s unwise for AP to say anything even remotely negative about Palin on this blog.
And Palin was soft on illegal immigration during the election. Whether that was her position or McCain’s is a separate issue.
Nor I nor many people here. That is one sin Sarah could commit that would end it. People are so angry about illegal immigration that many are ready to start their own party over that issue alone.
I like Gov. Palin. A lot. But I’d go with someone else if she turns out to support amnesty.
Esthier on January 27, 2009 at 1:18 PM
I’m in!
Seven Percent Solution on January 27, 2009 at 1:18 PM
That might require Hannity to come up with an original thought, though. You guys need to get The Boss to interview her for HA!
Pasalubong on January 27, 2009 at 1:18 PM
This is why we have Obama. Thanks.
faraway on January 27, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Here’s an idea, AP. Let’s WAIT AND SEE. There’s no reason to hang her before she’s actually said something on the subject that wasn’t part of a campaign.
And why does she want to paint herself as a centrist? Has she said that’s her plan? Is it because the McCain campaign worked so darn well with him painted as a centrist that she wants to repeat the success? Or are you just making it up so you can come up with an excuse to say she’ll say something so that you can attack her for that thing that she hasn’t yet said.
jimmy the notable on January 27, 2009 at 1:19 PM
More idiots for imaginary “energy independence”.
Myths About Breaking Our Foreign Oil Habit (The Washington Post)
The Idiocy of Energy Independence (John Stossel, ABC News)
- Only 1.5% of the United States electrical generation comes from oil (EIA) (48% Coal, 20% Natural Gas, 19% Nuclear)
Alaska is great and all but there is not remotely enough oil there to remotely Saudi Arabia let alone Canada:
- 32 Billion barrels of oil are estimated in ANWR, NPRA and the Central North Slope in Alaska (USGS)
- 260 Billion barrels of oil are estimated in Saudi Arabia (EIA)
- 173 to 315 Billion (1.7-2.5 Trillion potential) barrels of oil are estimated in the Oil Sands of Alberta, Canada (Alberta Department of Energy)
Poptech on January 27, 2009 at 1:19 PM
She’s the future and 2012 ready. Any McCain drivel (aka., amnesty) atttributed to her is precisely that, drivel.
Onager on January 27, 2009 at 1:19 PM
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Confucius
technopeasant on January 27, 2009 at 1:20 PM
GO SARAH!! 2012!!
Palin/Jindal
Palin/Sanford
Palin/Petreaus
jencab on January 27, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Ditto, Jimmy.
Pasalubong on January 27, 2009 at 1:21 PM
My prediction: this news will bring out all the trolls in full force. Expect 1000 threads.
technopeasant on January 27, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Well okay then, that’s the way you should have phrased it to start. I hate it when people say things about Palin like they are written in stone. With everyone else, they make it sort of “I think Fred Thompson ….” With Palin, everyone wants to pretend like they are speaking for the TRUE source of the party.
jimmy the notable on January 27, 2009 at 1:22 PM
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