Announcement

As some commentors are fond of saying that I "need to get a job in DC", I figured that I should probably announce this. I am, in fact, moving to Washington, DC on the 19th of next month to begin an internship with Townhall.com. I am very excited to have the opportunity to learn more about the nuts and bolts of the blogging business, as I will be working in the department which is in charge of maintaining the website and controlling content on the Townhall blog.

Don't worry, this will in no way affect my ability to maintain this blog. I am committed to seeing this effort through, and I'm not going anywhere.

* Townhall.com is not, and will not become, affiliated with this blog or the Draft Palin Movement in any way.

Video response to Andrew Halcro's allegations

Here is my full video response to Andrew Halcro's salacious allegations against Gov. Palin. Part 1 is an introduction to the situation, while Part 2 details several key aspects of the case. I am on an extreme time crunch at the moment, so I will have to post all of my supporting documentation this afternoon. However, you can find all of the documents cited at KTVA.com (yellow box on the sidebar).

Washington Post names Palin a "Top 5" VP choice

While I am still working on getting my YouTube response to Andrew Halcro loaded (I'm now trying to use a totally different program to upload the video after the first one aborted the operation), I would be remiss not to mention another huge development today. For the first time, Gov. Palin has broken onto the Washington Post's "Friday Veepstakes Line", a weekly ranking of each candidate's top five VP choices authored by Chris Cillizza (a longtime Palin skeptic). This week, she finally enters the countdown at number five behind Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Rob Portman, and John Thune. It will be interesting to see if she continues to climb that list over the next few weeks. And for the record, Cillizza's top 5 candidates for Obama are 1. Sen. Evan Bayh (Indiana) 2. Gov. Tim Kaine (Virginia) 3. Sen. Jack Reed (Rhode Island) 4.Sen. Joe Biden (Delaware), and 5.Hillary Clinton. All but Kaine are entrenched members of the Washington establishment, and Kaine has roughly the same level of experience in government as Obama. Hence, all would be prefect foils for Gov. Palin.

Thanks to Rassmussen Reports, video coming soon.

UPDATE: My video software is continuing to be uncooperative, it is taking so long to upload that it will take at least another hour for Part 1, maybe all night.
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UPDATE: I am in the process of uploading two videos, roughly six minutes each, responding to Andrew Halcro's wild accusations. However, uploading to YouTube take some time. Part 1 of my response will be up in about an hour, Part 2 roughly an hour after that. I think you will find that the information provided will be worth the wait.
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We received a link today on the front page of the "Rassmussen Reports" polling company's website, under their "Rassmussen Reports in the News" section. Most of the other outlets linked in that section are large news organizations, so it is a high honor to be included. They linked to my entry detailing Scott Rasmussen's suggestion that John McCain select Gov. Palin as his running mate.

As promised, I will have a detailed response to Andrew Halcro's salacious accusations against Gov. Palin this morning. I am in the process of recording a video response, which I expect to have posted within a few hours.

Note to readers and commentors

I'm sure that by now, many of you are aware of the salacious and unfounded accusations against Gov. Palin being circulated by former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Halcro. While I am confident that these accusations will be fully refuted (and are imploding even as I write this), I will be withholding comment until morning in the interest of providing a thorough and detailed response. In the meantime, I will direct you to the official response issued by Gov. Palin and call on Mr. Halcro to stop refusing interview requests from the media.

Now, regarding my comments section, I have a few housekeeping notes as a result of what I have been reading. First, for the time being, anti-Palin comments will be deleted. My first obligation is to my supporters, and I will not allow them to be harassed. This is a campaign site, not an open forum, and there are plenty of other places where you can make your voice heard. To my supporters, I would ask that you also keep your comments tasteful and respectful (i.e. no name calling, mudslinging, etc.). I have no desire to see any brawling in the comments section, and I will delete anything that I find to be overly antagonistic, regardless of who posts it. This is obviously a very sensitive issue, and I must take precautions to insure the integrity of this site.

Please feel to continue discussing how we can support Gov. Palin, and I'll be back in the morning with a full update.

Palin a guest-poster on Sen. John Cornyn's blog!

While there have been a lot of blog posts about Gov. Palin, we now have the first known blog post by Gov. Palin! Today, she authored a post on energy and ANWR for U.S. Senator John Cornyn's blog. This is a big deal, as Sen. Cornyn is a leading voice on the energy issues. Other recent guests on his blog have included Newt Gingich and Mike Huckabee, so it's safe to say that this puts Gov. Palin in a very exclusive club.

Many thanks to Sen. Cornyn for offering this platform to our favorite governor, let's make sure he gets lot of links as a token of our appreciation.

UPDATE: Palin's post is also getting some ink on HotAir.com.

Sean Hannity, Scott Rasmussen, and a big poll win!

I've just finished listening to Monday's edition of the Sean Hannity show, and Palin got some major kudos. During the first hour, Hannity spent roughly four minutes discussing Palin's stands on drilling issues, noting that she is often mentioned as a potential VP for McCain. Then, in the third hour, he asked big-time pollsters Scott Rasmussen and John Zogby who they would advise the candidates to select as running mates. Rasmussen said that McCain should choose Sarah Palin! (Zogby wanted Charlie Crist, and both said Obama should take VA Gov. Tim Kaine). If you want to listen to the show in the online archives,the first Palin mention is about 38 minutes into the broadcast and Rasmussen's quote is roughly one hour and 26 minutes in. So, we now have a major pollster suggesting a Palin nomination!

Also, Palin has built up a big lead in the CBS "VP Hot Sheet" poll. At the time of this writing, she has 42.02% of the vote, while second-place Charlie Crist has only 11.29%. While we targeted this poll last month when it first appeared, we lost the first week and have not targeted it since. So, the Palin win was not engineered by this site in any way.

Sarah sighting in JibJab video.

Well, for whatever it's worth, one of the web's leading political satire sites (JibJab.com) thinks that Gov. Palin could be in contention for the VP job. Hence, they gave her a her a brief cameo in their latest video, "Time for Some Campaignin'". Watch very carefully when the chorus of potential VP's pops out of the Straight Talk Express. Sarah has the second seat from the front, just behind Mitt Romney.

I'll be doing a more detailed post containing actual news later today, but I thought this was good way to start the day.

It's electric! (boogie-oogie-oogie)

Yet another reason why we love Gov. Palin and think that her personality will endear her to millions of Americans. I just read this in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and I had to laugh out loud. Though, I have to say, I think Gov. Ed Rendell is dead wrong in his analysis. If anything, Palin helped her chances by separating herself from all of the fuddy-duddies attending the National Governors Association conference.

...there was lighter political chatter as well, because several governors are considered potential running mates for Barack Obama or John McCain.

(Pensylvania Democrat Ed) Rendell made reference to the latter as he ribbed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a Republican said to be on McCain's radar screen, about her behavior at a party for attendees Sunday night.

"Gov. Palin was the first governor to dance, and the only governor to do the Electric Slide, thereby scratching herself from the McCain" ticket, Rendell joked.

Sarah has her first vote at the GOP Convention!

I received this email a few days ago and have procured permission to reprint it for you. While I am deleting identifying information, I can tell you that I have independently confirmed that this person is in fact a delegate to this year's Republican National Convention.

"Just to let you know that you have one vote. I'm a delegate to the national convention from (state deleted) and I'm firmly for Sarah. I think she is what we need to kick start the GOP this year."