‘Top Line’ — Palin’s Book Behavior May Hold Clues to Future Plans
EmailABC News’ Kim Berryman reports: November 17th, just over a year since the former Alaska governor and current Facebook account holder wasn't elected vice president, Sarah Palin will release her book "Going Rogue: An American Life". Politico’s Jonathan Martin told ABC’s Top Line today that he will be watching Palin’s book tour closely for clues about her future aspirations.
“If it’s a book that’s defined by score settling, by getting even, that’s not what somebody who wants to start a serious national campaign would do. And we’ll also see exactly what she does on this book tour. Is she collecting names and email addresses?” Martin speculated.
Palin has been the source of national attention since Senator John McCain introduced her as his running mate in 2008. Despite popular Saturday Night Live skits and countless late night jokes aimed at the former candidate’s credibility, Martin maintains “she’s not just a politician, she’s a phenomenon, there are not half-mile lines out there for (Minnesota Governor) Tim Pawlenty.”
ABC News’ David Chalian and Rick Klein also asked Jonathan Martin about this morning’s announcement of a White House job summit as well as the President’s decision to travel to Asia in the midst of the healthcare debate.
Click HERE to catch all of Jonathan Martin’s comments today.
Also on today’s Top Line, ABC welcomed USA Today’s Joan Biskupic author of American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
The abortion issue raised by the Stupak amendment last week continues to fuel debates on Capitol Hill. When asked about Scalia’s possible views on the issue, Biskupic felt confident that the justice would respond with “I told you so.”
CLICK HERE to watch the entire interview with Joan Biskupic.
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Settling Scores….sounds angry to me. She’s a Loser! She’s throws temper tamtrams like her admirer, Carrie Prejean! Little “girls”, that Can’t teach MY daughters Anything!
Posted by: sara | November 12, 2009, 3:30 pm 3:30 pm
OK.. first of all “rogue” is defined primarily as a dishonest person, although it has a secondary defintion as mischevious. Either way… not a very flattering or wise choice.. . Poor choice, Which brings me to my second point… what is America’s obsession with this mediocre political hacks? She’s so not of the calibre to lead the world’s most powerful nation — c’mon. I know people don’t like perceived Washington “insiders” but she’s just as bad… and frankly lacks experience, judgment and maturity.
Posted by: blandwater | November 12, 2009, 3:39 pm 3:39 pm
The woman suffers from a frost bitten brain, nothing more.
Posted by: cc | November 12, 2009, 3:47 pm 3:47 pm
“Settling Scores….sounds angry to me. ”
Sara, while I don’t care for Mrs. Palin, let’s keep it straight in our opposition.
No one has said that is what Palin is doing with her book. The comment ‘score settling’ was by a member of the panel. As in “If it’s a book that’s defined by score settling….”
Posted by: malcat | November 12, 2009, 3:48 pm 3:48 pm
Sarah Palin has a great future ahead
of her. She certainly can draw the
attention of her followers.
The crowds are huge wherever she
may go. She is very intelligent.
Posted by: Serena4141 | November 12, 2009, 3:54 pm 3:54 pm
as we have seen in 11 short months, the less than elite sarah palin has more on the ball than anyone currently in office. she is a role model for my kids. she has worked her tail off and hasnt rode anyones coat tails. she tries to do the morally correct thing all the time and frankly its nice to see a happy woman.
Posted by: catman | November 12, 2009, 3:57 pm 3:57 pm
Wow between the “Palin derangement syndrome”, along with the continued “Bush derangement snydrome”, the Democrats are “sore winners”, or just have NOTHING to offer the American people but debt and their children coming home in bodybags. Nice “chump” change… Y’all!!!
Posted by: jafo | November 12, 2009, 4:10 pm 4:10 pm
I expect Palin to run for President and when she finds she cannot get the Republican nomination run as an Independent….It is all about Sarah…She already showed her allegience in the NY congressional election and it is not to the Republican party…The Republican party is just a vehicle to her ambition….stardom.
Posted by: indy_voter | November 12, 2009, 4:18 pm 4:18 pm
Palin bitter? Ya know when they start spliting hairs at where she got clothes when John Kerry spent what he did on a hair cut come one lets get real. People that dont like Palin only do so because they dont like conservative politics. And as for tantrums? oh dont even get us started on Hillary Clinton’s tirades when she was First lady at staff meetings in the whitehouse. Now that woman could really fly a broom! So dont throw rocks in a glass house!
Posted by: Major Pain | November 12, 2009, 4:21 pm 4:21 pm
Imagine…a “rogue” commander and chief of the US military making decisions based on emotion = disaster!
Posted by: Gerald | November 12, 2009, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm
Sarah Palin is interesting to some people who dislike her, interesting to some people who support her & she basically has decided to stay in our faces. For those of us who are annoyed by her, she is just fun to complain about.
I will be interested to see if this book tour (& quiting as Alaska’s governor) were & are simply to make $$$. I think that’s the bottom line with her & if it happens to lead to running in 2012 for an office, she will probably do it, albeit with no knowledge of how to do the job.
I think she is one of those people who attracts attention & press with an avid fanbase but very few people really like or support her. She is just an oddity who the media likes to discuss. Discussion in the media does not mean success.
Posted by: Linda | November 12, 2009, 4:49 pm 4:49 pm
Instead of “going Rogue” how about “going away?”
Posted by: Mike | November 12, 2009, 4:49 pm 4:49 pm