Talk about a political football.
The Anchorage Daily News in Alaska is reporting, and The Providence Journal is repeating, a tantalizing rumor that Sarah Palin is going to move to Rhode Island.
No one has confirmed that (including us, and we tried). Even the Anchorage paper which started the speculation says it’s probably not true.
But frankly, Sarah Palin — the former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor — is a queen of surprises so one never knows…
Just in case, let’s look at what Palin would gain from moving to the scenic geographically smallest state on the Atlantic from the scenic geographically largest state on the Pacific. 
On the favorite Palin pastime of hunting, Rhode Island offers whitetail deer and pheasant, somewhat smaller game than bear and caribou in Alaska.
Politically, Rhode Island – the last of the 13 original colonies to enter the Union in 1790 — has voted Democrat in all but four presidential elections since 1928.
That compares to Alaska — the 49th state to enter the Union in 1959 — which has voted for a Republican in the White House in all but one election since 1960.
But Rhode Island with four electoral votes has one more than Alaska. Hey every vote counts.
In the 2008 presidential contest, President Barack Obama won 63 percent of the vote in Rhode Island versus 35 percent for the McCain-Palin ticket.
So if Palin does have presidential aspirations, not sure that Rhode Island would be the obvious choice of abode for a conservative Republican.
Although the view is pretty nice from mansions along the cliffs of Newport and the shopping is great in Boston and New York.
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Photo credit: Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch (Alaska brown bear); Reuters/Shannon Stapleton (People listen to music at Newport Folk Festival)
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Eric Lee, you are SO right. If everybody in the United States had health coverage, and small businesses didn’t have to worry about paying inflated health insurance premiums, and you could go to any doctor and any hospital you choose, the American people would absolutely hold the party responsible that brought them that.
Fortunately for us all, the insurance companies and Big PhRMA have spread enough money around Washington to keep that from happening.
Anyway, back to the point: Palin, in Little Rhody??????
- Posted by pdquickWhy doesn’t Sarah find a cave to live in and leave RI alone. Who was the moron who said she was smart. You must be really dumb if you think she’s smart. I pity you. Please keep her, Alaska!!
- Posted by Jeannie C.Eric h ,Just before i read your posting i was walking my two Boston terriers in the park and a huge pit bull which had got away from it,s owner ran up to my dogs and thankfully turned over on it,s back and let them sniff it! Eric have you seen the latest estimate of how much dept this government are going to generate! another 2 trillion more from 7T to 9T. the term socialism to you is probably something you read about,i lived it. Look at the people Obama has surrounded himself with,from his days as an organizer,and to being part of the” Chicago way” you are a reflection of the people you hang with. you would probably be grateful if you had the Palins as next door neighbors than some of the thugs with a nut on their tee-shirts. I Welcome the democrats pressing through the health care bill,because this political dogma has got to be shown for what it is worth. my only DEMAND, I MEAN DEMAND,is that these people will be held responsible,and Eric i don,t want to sound pompous but self employed is not necessarily running your own business,and having to subsidizes someones health insurance.
- Posted by brian lee