Sarah Palin

An upcoming fundraiser with Rep. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin will cost up to $10,000, according to the event invitation (PDF) obtained by the Minnesota Independent. The April 7 fundraiser will be held in downtown Minneapolis at the Hilton Hotel following a rally at the Minneapolis Convention Center, which is open to anyone who promises [...]

Gov. Tim Pawlenty will join another likely Republican presidential contender, Sarah Palin, at a campaign event for Rep. Michele Bachmann on April 7. The appearance by Palin and Pawlenty, along with former Sen. Norm Coleman, and Reps. John Kline and Erik Paulsen, will not actually take place in Bachmann’s district, but instead in downtown Minneapolis. [...]

Shortly after receiving the nod to be the GOP’s 2008 vice presidential candidate in St. Paul, Sarah Palin traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to campaign. In her book “Going Rogue,” she described the town as a “slice of Americana” — with patriotic bunting and a “quaint town square with mom-and-pop stores” — which doesn’t match [...]

On Sept. 18 — two weeks after the close of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul — the McCain-Palin campaign traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to view the damage after the state’s most devastating natural disaster. But in her book, “Going Rogue,” Sarah Palin describes her visit to Cedar Rapids as “a slice of Americana,” with no mention of homes destroyed by floodwaters or curbs still strewn with debris.

In a 60-minute appearance in Bismark on Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann laughed and sang and wept as she told attendees they must take America back for the Republicans to protect future generations. In her speech at the NRA-, Republican- and Tea Party–sponsored Take Back Washington rally, Bachmann lashed out at Twin Cities media, including Mpls-St. [...]

Updated: “There is absolutely no one more in tune with the hearts and minds of everyday Americans than Governor Palin,” says Rep. Michele Bachmann of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in an email this morning, “and I’m excited to welcome her back to our beautiful state this spring.” Palin will head to Minnesota on April [...]

Press covering Michele Bachmann’s remarks at next month’s Tea Party Nation convention will apparently be limited to five news outlets running the gamut from right-leaning to far-right-falling-over. By contrast, Sarah Palin has opened her address to all media. 

Sarah Palin will not attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) next month – in part, according to The Fix, because the John Birch Society is a co-sponsor. That isn’t stopping Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is set to speak at CPAC. 

From Michele Bachmann urging fellow healthcare reform opponents to “slit our wrists” to Tony Sertich warning about “www.anybody.com” running wild at the state Capitol, you have the Minnesota Independent to thank — or blame — for foisting these quotations on the world this year.

Gov. Pawlenty tells Newsweek that “Democrats have all kinds of characters who are interesting, bold and dramatic,” while Republicans have Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin … and him.