memeorandum: Palin Appearance at ‘Rolling Thunder’ Feeds Election Speculation Fury (Fox News)

8:25 PM ET, May 29, 2011

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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:

For Palin, a Short Ride With Lots of Rumbling — Sarah Palin, right, made an appearance at the annual “Rolling Thunder” rally in Washington on Sunday. — Sarah Palin made a grand entrance at the Rolling Thunder biker rally on Sunday, wearing a black Harley-Davidson helmet and visibly enjoying herself …

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Bernie Becker / The Hill:

McCain: Palin can beat Obama — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has said he thinks Sarah Palin could defeat President Obama in next year's presidential election, but he's far from certain that she will actually jump into the race. — The GOP's standard-bearer in 2008 also shrugged off …

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Andy Barr / The Politico:

Sarah Palin's political mystery tour — The New Hampshire Republican Party found out Sarah Palin would be coming to town by hearing about it in the news. — Where would she be stopping? They didn't know. Palin's staff wouldn't even return their calls, leaving them to ask reporters for more answers.

Discussion: The Note, CNN, The Raw Story, FrumForum, Conservatives4Palin and Daily Kos

Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:

Mixed feelings about Sarah Palin at Rolling Thunder — Potential presidential candidate Sarah Palin is joining the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally. (John McDonnell - THE WASHINGTON POST) This post has been updated. — Participants in the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride …

Discussion: TPMDC and The Raw Story

Fox News:

Palin Appearance at ‘Rolling Thunder’ Feeds Election Speculation Fury — Sarah Palin's participation in the annual Memorial Day parade in Washington, D.C., has fueled as much noise about a potential presidential candidacy as the thousands of motorcycle-riding veterans participating in the Rolling Thunder ride-along Sunday.

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Matt Schneider / Mediaite:

George Will: Everyone Knows Sarah Palin Should Not Be Trusted With Nuclear Weapons — With Sarah Palin fever sweeping across the media again, persistent Palin critic and conservative commentator George Will clearly was not excited by the speculation surrounding her potential run for President.

SarahPAC:
Roll On, Rolling Thunder!

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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
ROLLING THUNDER... SARAH PALIN Rides Hog Into DC (Video)

Discussion: Nice Deb, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
At Rolling Thunder, Waiting for Palin

Discussion: The Impolitic

Molly Ball / The Politico:
Palin goes behind enemy lines

Discussion: The Note, Pirate's Cove, Daily Kos and National Review

Datechguy / Datechguy's Blog:

Hey MSM any old Twit(erer) understands what Rep Weiner's numbers mean — I came to twitter very late in the game, so unlike many bloggers both bigger and smaller than me, my total number of followers is very small (787 as of this morning). To give you an idea of how that stands with someone …

Discussion: Pajamas Media and The Other McCain

Lee / STRANAHAN dot COM:

Weinergate:The “Would Your Spouse Buy It?” Test — Although I don't think what Anthony Weiner is even accused of doing rises to the level of ‘love child while your wife has cancer’, the #Weinergate story reminds me a lot of the post-Beverly Hills Hotel phase of the John Edwards story.

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The Politico:

Lewd photo was hack, Weiner says — Rep. Anthony Weiner says social networking identity hacking is to blame for the lewd material that a conservative news website reported was sent from his Twitter and yfrog handles to an unidentified woman from Seattle, Washington.

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Dan Riehl / Big Government:
Weinergate: Why Would Rep Weiner Care What Time It Was In Seattle?

Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Capital Tonight

Ginger Adams Otis / New York Post:
Undies in a twist over ‘Weiner wiener’

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Big Journalism, The Gateway Pundit, Conservatives4Palin and American Power

John / Verum Serum:
Rep. Weiner's Twitter Account Hacked by Horny Look-Alike (Update: He followed Gennette Nicole, making DM's possible)

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, minx.cc, The Daily Caller, Don Surber, New York Magazine, The Prudence Paine Papers, Ace of Spades HQ and Pajamas Media

Moe Lane:
Weinergate update: Coed being scrubbed from Google.

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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

Classy. Obama Sits in Front Row and Chews Gum at Joplin Memorial Service (Video) — Classy as always... Obama sits in front row and chews gum during the sermon at the Joplin Memorial Service. — Maybe he learned this at his Trinity Church? — Nicorette gum?

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Doug Ross

BBC:

Afghan leader Karzai issues ‘last warning’ to Nato — The BBC's Quentin Sommerville said villagers brought their dead children to the governor's office shouting: “See they aren't Taliban” — Afghan President Hamid Karzai has forcefully condemned the killing of 14 civilians in the south-west …

Discussion: FrumForum and The Agonist

Ray Rivera / New York Times:
Civilians Are Killed In Airstrike By NATO

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Voice of America, Reuters and CNN

Jason Burke / Guardian:
Nato commander injured in Taliban suicide attack in Afghanistan

Discussion: HotAirPundit

Abby Phillip / The Politico:

Daniels: I could have beaten Obama — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has taken himself out of the running for president, but he says he believes he could have defeated President Barack Obama for a second term. — “Yes, I think so,” Daniels said when asked whether he could have beaten Obama on ABC's “This Week.”

Discussion: National Review and Marbury

The Note:
Mitch Daniels Says He Could Have Beaten Obama If He Had Run

Discussion: CNN

Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:

Pro-Obama media always shocked by bad economic news — TAGS: - Barack Obama - Bloomberg News - Business Insider - Christina Romer - cnbc.com - commerce department - Congressional Budget Office - Council of Economics Advisers - David Leonhardt - durable goods - George W. Bush - Glenn Reynolds …

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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:

Gen. James Cartwright, on tap to lead Pentagon, became target for criticism — President Obama summoned one of his favorite and most trusted military advisers, Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, to the White House on May 21 for a one-on-one meeting. It was a Saturday, less than three weeks since …

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