night liveve it's an amazing worlrld. >> we've got to go. howard fineman, pat buchchan.. join us tomomorr n nig at 7:00 ststerfor more "hardball." "countdown witith itith bermann" ststtsts rht now. >>which of these s stoes will yoyobebe tking about tomorrow? so batatess it takes your breath away.. why the fuu exex-gernor of alaska, th panic ofypyper ventilation envelopopiner every wo quits while e inltltg quittersrs. > imay be temptptggand more cocomftable to keep your head wn and plod along a aappease those who are demanding, hhey justitit dn and shutup. but that's the worthless, easy pa out. thth's thequitter's wayt. >> inside a desision to q qui pursue, quote,e,hihier calling. all rumors swirl about the constrtruconon oher housee or embezzlement oroore ethic vevestations or best of all, shs quitting to r for

esesidt and doesn't wanttoto make t the people of alaska pay her salalryry w she dodoes .. which is what she d while she was running f forvivicepresiden. insert y yr r baetball alogy. >> she k kno w wn to pass the baballo the team can win. and that'shaha i'mdoing. >>unning out o of crtrt, out of the gym outf f eararki lot and d t t ofown. threatening to puue a blogger ababt goipip aut her w was onl ssssip her polititalalutute thth h h "v"vany fair" profiler,r, and ththiss the end, the ceded hihighghghtsnd a fond farewell. >> alslso -- >> katie, i i ululd ke to use one of my lifeline. >> also,mama sanford hangs on by his fingegeipips and hihim, franken,n, arrives. >> i'm veryappy to welcometo ouou capitol, senator alal fran. . >> and worsese -- nice job on und two of thoho t.e.a. paieies. turns ouou c calng theseuu

cist was atatte. and callinggfofo an overthrow o the u.s. government you sasay? aid d by foreigngn tionals, ist t th illegal? we d any gogo l luc honduras w wld send s so people here and help u us t t r governmementacack.>iwe had any honduras would send sosomeeoeopl here and h hp p uset our governrnme b bk.>if we had any honduras wouldldenend me people herere a h hp us get our gogovement back. if we had a a hondurasas wldldend some people he and help us get our government back. l that and more on "countdown." > n i don't think so. >>gogoodvening from new yorkrk. perhaps ththerhahadot been such a cbibition of terror, panic, anr andyper vents lagsin a potitical s sech in this country since the ffouous,ouwowot have dickck nonon tkick around adaddrs from 196 if that one e istiti resonating ararly7 years later, of f course, s sar palin's bizarrrr resignation n eeeech the ultimit bad newews mpmp d would still ec. and one qststio reverberates acacro the land -- what the e ld was that about?

mang south carolininovovnor markrk sanford's ramblinin admission of having g a mistres a argtiti sound shakespearean in its organizationndnd cadence. on friday, gernor palin drdropng the bombshell she would be leaving the offffic before te end of the montnth. that she would n n be runnnnin for re-election. l of this informrmatnn coming ly aftershe had undry listed all of heher rprpord acacmpmpli. s as governonor d d mplained abt t th nmerous ethihic complaints t thahahaveeen lodged aiainsher. >> over t te past nine months, have been accusedd of all sosort of frivolous ethics viations susu a as holding a fish in a a photographph owewearg a ckcket with a a lo on it, and answering reporters questions. everer one of these, ouough all 15 of the ethicscsomomplnts have been dismissed. wewe he won. t t hasn't been cheap. to and i, w we' lookikingt mo t tha$500,000 in l lal billss j ju in in order to set the record straighght. >> record purpororteyy raraigened, let the dead fish analogies commence..

i think a problem in our untry today is a think. ititououlde apathetic kind off hunkererowown d go wiwith the flow. we're fishshern.n. we knnow that o onl dead fishsh with the flow. so i choosee for my stete and fr myamily morere freedom too prprreressall the way around, o that alaska may ppgrgres i w wl not seek re-electionon a governor. >> soo she can catch a salmlmon her teeth. in case e yowewere wonderiri,, avavg office beforor one's term hahas e expeded would not t t e same thing as s qutiti. >> life isis t too short to compromise time anand sources. anand ough it may be tempting anmore comfortrtlele tousus ki o ofeep your adad dn and plodalong a and appease those ww are demandining, hey,uust sit wn and shut up, but that's a wowortess easy path out. thth's a qquier's way out. >> t thas s ght. winnnnernener quit -- imean quitters never -- never -- quters -- wee join governor palin alrereadinin pogress. >> my thhout t about,well, h how

much fun meme governors have as lame ducks.. they travel arouou their ste,e, travelel too oer ste,e, maybe ta t the overseas,, internrnatnanal ade isissis. so many polilitianans that, a d en i thought,t, that's w wha's' wrong. nyny jtcccct that lauck status a and tey hit the oaoa they draw a paycheck and kindnd milk it and i'i' not gng to put asasns through thaat. i proroememed efficiencnciend ffectiveness. th's'sot how i'm red. i'm not wired tooperate under e same old politics as ususual i promised that fou years ago and d meant it. >> if myoour years ago you meant 2 1/22 years agago, whah1 momont o oro when you've e be sworn to defenen she was point g gua onn hererii scscho t teannstd of scorekeeper. r name had bebeenarar barracududa. > l me go b bac to a comfortable analy y fome and that's's srtrts. basketball, , d d i use ibecause yoyou ee ive if you don't see a full couourtreressrom the national level picking aw

righghnonow a good d pot t ard. here's's wt t shdoes. shshe ives ththugugh a fll court preses proroteininthe bl,l, keeping heher adad up becacaus needs s k keeher eye on the sksk. and d sh knonows exactly when t ssss t ball so the team can n win. >> the g gvernor who once wante totoee a sportscaster inn brist, connecticut, t teeeeti over the week aboboutowow wantingto join hehefamily in brtotol bay, alkakawhere her hususba dddd has long workrkedeasonally as a commercial fishermen to joineded me too jinin me thi weekend but n now hhs back slaying salmlm a and working th kids a athehesse. anxious too join 'e'e e looked f fwaward to joining the work c cwwn picking fish. in a july 4 messssagththe goverr stl soundingike someone withth aspirationons higher ffic , quote, t thgh it's honorable fofo countless o othsso leaeave their positiononoror aigher calling without finisisngng aerm you recollllecwewenow a diffffert t stdard applies to e decisions i me.e. baback in the backyard in sisill

govevern p pin having alludedo the reasons behind her decision. >>tururtso make this choice t'm doing what't'seses for alaska andnd iavave plained why. i think offhesasayi o omy paren frfrigator. n'n' explalain urur fends don't neded it and your enemieswon't believe you anywyw.. but i''veiviv my). >> r reansns she gave r reansns todd ererdh joins u u this evening.g. she claimed right there inhehe last clilip layed she sa why in that spch. did d e? d d u hear it? well, s shkikindf gave you an a lala cttenenuof why. she was tired of the game,e, y could pick t thashshe s better alalaskou could pick s s was goining e efft change esesuably at the nanatialalevel ououtsee o o government. ththinthe thing that confused isis tt she didn't give a

rereas. she ththw w al the cards up in the rr and said pi yo reason. you wrote in the article about the s sior s stain the mccainin mpmpgn. theyey qototehearticle, theyey a knknowf their candidate hadwowo ththe presidency, the vice prpridency would be in thehe hds of a woman whoho lacked the knknowdgdge, aptitudeanand temperament for the jojob. this was,, of course, o among mamany serinin paragraphs in th. are wee cfifint that the leleasof your article and thth release e of those intererna e-mails with n nicee wallacece, re these all coincidencesesof timing? or i is i i possisibl this sequ last week was intterlalateand not juju s seqntial? >> oh, i i tnknkt's all cocoindedenc i thininmymy article wawaprprob one of thehe fththt things from governorpalin's mind w whe she mamadeer rememksks. and she p pnted out this has been underononderation b b her for r que e a ile. whatatidid sn people -- peoeopl expected she mightot run for re-election. think people were genuinely ununneshe might good night kwit. t i think the article e potsts out how deep and endurininththe

divide is in the republblanan party over herskskil dd or her future. anand maybe to a smallll dgrgre ticle minded everybody ththat these issues a are not resolved ththatouou have played some smalall papart >> you alslswrwrote the fficulties she had buckling down and studying foforthe interview w rr katie couric a ao her otherroblems with the medidi also for her debate th then senator biden. drew mitchell reportrted o o frfrid t thathis is it, s s is,, no matteter atat she's talking about, she'ss tt going too r for political l fificegain. was all thisisust too mpmplited for her? t t somethingng? are we missing s sme fdamental rtrt o this e equion that she knew she wasalking about friday and the rest of f j jt don't sesee? >> i think i isosome ways -- you know, , sh likedhe ice creream and she dn'n't like the vegetables. she didn't like doing thedull grindingng wk k getting ququaied with issues.s. people of alaska t tol me she ws very goodn thefirst 15 minutes s ofnyny mn meting onon pocycy tt she careddabout. afafr thahat, her mimi w wou drt

off.f. i think k r r he it wasn't f ymore. it w w verery rdrd f her to gogornrn effectively. the lelegiatate was totallytt her throat. foform allies t tured against her. i i thk k shwas just sick of the game. >> rush limbaughgh h t th ststememenhe issued on vacation. he defended her a saididmomo hehe things he does notththin thth would preclude her fmm ruing for office down theoad and that would includedehehe presidency in '12. bubut obviously authorisht-ters ha sought the presidency,utut can yoyorereal walk out inhe mimidpnt of a govoverrsrsp without t gingng a compelelngngy to understanand asasonhy and en exexpe t toe taken seriously for the white hhse? especially if it was quesestiedd u know,ueueionable to the beben n wi that she was being takenererioly before resigning? i don't think it precludes hetrtrng to run. and a person lee rush limbaugh d d't know bhahan wielelde

great influenceover their party,y, ihihi it raises a a awful lot ofof questionsnsbout whether she would bebe aooood candidate. when people talk about t the comparative lalackff experience at barack obama hadnn eleltitiveffice. by the e endff that campaigigno the prpresency, he hadaddone somemethg g none inisisto had ev d de before. hehe h presided over, h had r r theigigst most expensivive presidentitialamampan in hisisry andde had shown he did a prettty darn good job ofof i i think w wh sarah palin has yet p pro is that shehe can rlly run n anhihi, run it effececvevy and run n it consistetent a and stick withthtt uil the job is do.. >> having g go i io such depths toto pfile her in the magazine didiyou have an assessmement the stagaggg of this news nfnferce? her own peperfmamae in it? i don't wawa t to get, y you kn body language lilike but wh struruckee listening to thisis ororinally and then w watining were these e exceded - -- i don want to say exexited, butququic deepep breataths she sooundd literally le she d d ju run up t to that crcropne. was ii imagining thingngs? was ththersosomeing wrong with the microphone?? >> i heard it a lot thehe same

y.y. it almost haddthe sense to meef a cicisi she had m mdede after serious flflecon, obviously wiwi her familyly, but o oceceh madede h decision, iwas almomo like shehe raced toto announcei lest she chgegeer mind or ththin i it over agaiain o be peuauadeby someone whoho says no, you can't t dohahat. alstst le a kid you've done somemethg g baand you have to confess ririgh waway. she haddtoto get i i off her es for betttt o or rse, i think. >> todd purdum now p prilil -governor palin inin "nini fair." inin friday's speech from richa xon was not enough a poscript sounds more like nixon in whihi h hou bunker as watetergee clapses around hihi threatenining yoyonend everyone hehe inin of. the palin wninis that one roshter could d sued fofo writing about tetentl investigations about the construcucti o of r house in wawasia, perhaps the same

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ms. moore responding that the governor's charges outside palin's ofce in anchorage pointing out she did not repor the rumors as fact. >> sarah palins a coward and a bully. what kind of politicns attacks an orordina american on the fourth of july for speaking r mind. at's wrong with her? e first amendment was designed to protect people li me from peopopleikikher. our american revolution gotidid ofiis andtt got rid off quee a awell. am i annnneded? you betcha.

>> thehe fbi issuing its o o stememenon the matter asserting the govoverno is not under ininesestition. memeanile, governoror quitter tk towwitrrying to keep up with gettingruru to you likik pr there's no fbi s scaalal. joining g meow from anororag shannon moore e who appears t t have struck some sorofoferve. shananno g gooevening. >> gooooevevning, keith. >>hy do you think the gvevern isis targeting y and are you surpririd d toe in the middle of this? i amurprised to be inin the middle of . i'i'veeen a critic of vernor palin since e sheecame ggererno and i'veve supportedd h her on issues that i thouough were g g for aska but i w wasorortf surprised to b be ckck into ththis but she's kikind omamaricky. >>heefefinion of mavaverkyky u uerstand from least the 19th centurur---- mbe i'm justst thiinin of jamemesarner n the role --ertainly didot include purrtrtg yourself as vivictim she's been a victim once every

3 3 1/2 hours sincece she stepen e naonal spotlight a year and a half ago. is there not some sortrt of susuppition tactic will backfirere? >> i think it didditith the davd leerman scenenioio. cocomingutut accusininghihimf saying -- and ththenee did apologize. anand en i think he actually okok t high roadn ththat, but i'm just another alaska g gir ad wasn't going to apologize. i reported that rumors existed. anand ople were trngngo make sense of her word sad out thther resigning. dd carrying onn l li okay,anandi quit, but itters really suck, bubu i'm goingoo quit anyway. evybody wawa j ju like wht?t? anfofor nths, for mthths andnd months, wewe've had, youknow, rtrtf brewing ruruors. and as every statedoes. and now those rumors starteded congng u tthesusuace. opopleaying could ite this or this or this? because we couldn't t makeenen of what t shwawas ying. enen she s sid i gave m myeaeas or ionon have to mamak people

wewereaking up theheirwnwn reasons. and not just peoplee o o re criticics. people who were susuororte. and the fofoll-upto iis, wawae e baett put this ststy y about -- it wasas looselyly dedescbed asoous gate or suesting some relationship betwtwnn the construructn n ofe house e d d thsslappts complelex,hahat s in "vilgege icice"ast fall. if you goog thihis llll you'll t thousands ofof hit andthousands rere tn you would have gotten, say, l las thursday orasas sasatuay when she cided to mama such a big deaeal a abo hi. isis the not anotherer fdamentl flawaw in isisquation here? does theovoverr and her representation not appreciatate that the moror a big d deal y make about thiss e more ththreat yoyou row out ththrere, the mor people are going t to want to fd out what t threat is abouout? haven'n'thhey tacticallyy gone ouout is exactly backwards?? >> ght. like d don t thi about an epepha. it's the samam s sor of s snari wi that. and yeah,hat story ce out

octobeber or so offlast year.. it wasn't aa story i ever covered. itit a s sto i heardrumor f.f. but i wawa listening to the rado anan it was the 25 t rumors of why sasara palin resesignedd an ink the number one wasas ttt she's gogog g too michaeael jackson's comemeba t tounow. i aan, there arare many rumors at -- well i'm sorry.. my point is thpeople are talking aboutllll these different rumomors trying explain it and now it's s beco a joke. a lot of alalkakans. i'm surere tththe palinsns it i a jo.. i'm sure e isis ia hard time for thth and whatever she's gogointo do after this,s, w wisher well, but i'm glad s's's notot going bebeaking dcicisis for my state any longerer. just any governonorr under anan circumstances whoo lasts l les than three years in firstt tem, mean, you knkno you presume it s to be spspsasari initit level ofmpmptance to reququir someone to leaea office.

you n'n' hang in t the for theh last 1 16onons? >> well, she aborted her ter babasilly. i know t that 's's en very fficult for her. i know the press h hs s be hard. and i thinkhhe'brought on a hu amount of it herself. bubu y youknow, youou dot -- ere are a lot ofof people t tha wawaeded dr to door andd pported her and througugththis ststampaign hung in there and ga h h a lot of breaks. d shebandoned them d,d, you know, her supportersrs he e ar frustrateded you know, that was not -- it wass the vooooo preacher wh mae allep happpppp. it wasn'n't e e pele who helped he you have to o keepououfacts in orr.r. thank you kindly and g goodluck. stayay outf f e crosshairs. >> all r rhtht, anks, keith. >> and of course, thherisis the sarah palin ofhehealternate universe. what will the comedydy industryo without hher well then tuturnto that reli from t theomomenshe could have owned d the tina fey impersonatn of her but did not.. d the fourth offjuju with

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okay. so maybe alaska is no going so well for the republican party rit now, but certaiy a loyal republican could find lace in the lower 48 right? our third sry tonight loyal republicans might want to destroy their televisions for at least the nextyear. begin in minnesota where al franken is still trying -- wai

al franken isn't in minnesota anymore. 's in washington making t rounds on pitol hill including a private meeting with sate majority leader, sorryenate sur majority leader harry reid. anken swearing in tomorrow, will give the democratic caucus 60 votes, enoughf they hold together, to end te reat of repuican filibusters. south carolina, heo. mark san fard back from a the-day fourth of july vacation with s family and in-laws. we assume they broug fireworks or made their own while hiking. meeting of statereblicans e trying to figure out what to do about him. over to the suth fork ranch texas forhe second rund of the t.e.a. paies. this, the weend's largest t.e.a. organizers hopingo pull 50,000. attendance w far bew that until the fireworksh which was attended by37,000. the furaising failing after no one bought the big spore sohips. organizers a a n nowoping to breaevev. john ororn, booeded dd heckled

asasas republican gererno rick perry during at t leasononof his fourur aeaearaes. and finally t tenneeehere a crow o ot least 20 blamed the low turnout on poor directions or the possibili that noan americans just had better things to do on july 4. wow. let's turn now to mbc polical analyst richard wo wolffe, authorf "renegade -- thmaking of a president." thassroots smoouchlt hoping break even or boing the partyeaders in texas. tomoow they lose their power to filibuster, at least theoretilly, two presidential hopefu are out the window and they mht lose one of th governorships in south carolina. how bad it when i'mctually starting starting to sympathetically woying about them? >> think they would be happy to have your sympathy but i thk u should keep it on ice a little bit longer. let's be clear.

th wasn't just a flaout of some othe senior figures in e part this was spontaneous coustion. and while democrats may think that's a wonderfulthing, the truth is that hubris can strike at these thoemt moemts an democrats should he to think back to 200 when republicans thought th were control a everything was going their w and things fell apart pretty much at th precise momt. so the are dangers at this time. but, youknow, you should enjoy the spectacle while it las because is entertaining. >> there's one spectacle i really don't underand. the o joke about the enemy of my enemy is my iend. why werencornen and rick perry booed? especially perry who has seemingly thrownhese people at tht.e.a. parties all the seceion remade they could nt? >> well, according to h hometown paper, this is becse of toll road that he wants feel

pay. they don't like it. here's the problem here, and it not jt about perry or out the republican pay. ese are people wo are obviouslsly conservative by nature, who are disillusioned with ararand thahatt is v very tarnished ananththeyre going to find a potitica voice for emselves. theyey wl l nd a v vcece and th eseson is, who that icice going to bebe? >> well w ishahat voice going to be? if y've gotot t t.t..a. bag events, are either people concerernewiwithhether they're going to boo repepubcaca or lose money on the event or just coinue to estst w whe does this basase veveo? >> wwel i think it's a v ver real p pspspec that whatyoyore oking at here iss a scenario th is ripe for a a independent candididat s seone who coinine the soso o ross peper cooererns about taxess andfederal d defits with franklyonon know buchanan's nativist spririt.

uu put those gegeer, you ululd ve a seriouou threat to any candidide e in couple o yeyeartime. d thahat'gogoto be a concern fopeople in the white hohoe,e, because this mayay ba a 92 situatatio and that can be e ryry unpredictablble. >> could thatbebe sarah palin?? just throwiwi thingsoother off f thtotop the aad. is it poposslele she mighte -- when she vtutus out onn h o o into whateteve iis she's g gini to , , ist possible she may y to go ththerwiwiout that pay y bend her? >elell,he may try, but i dot t ink that fit fits ththe mood of what youou'rseseei here. opledidillusioned with the party, withlected officialal, he's someone who was on n ee ticketet,although shehahas this grassroooo support,t,hehe hasuut withther u und the prpresrere. and so i d d't't tnk it'soing totoe e soone in popotics, in the republican ppty. it's more likely to be memee wayy oside of itit. >> again, just l lo a who were the last threeee long vice presidenenti k knds, joe liererma john edwawass and sarah palin. that's quite a gup. richard wolffe, wrere outf

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if there are any russians hangs around. if there are, you've got to go upo them and askhat a you doing here? and if they can giveyou a good reason, if you can't, our responsibility to y, you know, shoo, get back over there. yo co you. >> compa your road to my ad to the white house. i scratched through mud and baed wire andou just glid in on a dog sled. >> i wld now like to give each of y a chance to make a closing statement. >> are we not doing the talent portion? >> i would like to entertain everybody with some fancy passenger gent walkipag walke waina walkinn walking.pageant walkg. >>ll the plumber in thehouse

pull your pants up. >> my name is palin m goingo put a nail in t coffin of the media elite she likes red meat. >>he final days of the election are the most essential. this past dnesday, barack ama purchased airime on the major networks. we,however, can only afrd qvc. >> these cmpaign sure are expensive. >> they sure are. why not do yr holay shping with us. okay, listen , everybody. i'm going gue right now. so kp your voices down. available now we've got a bunch of these sarahpalin t-shirts. just try a wait uil after tuesday wear them, okay? >> it s noted by her fawning biographer john ziler that he once showed her a picture of me

and she replied wita sleek and an announment, he's il, which is ironic on any level because the depictn of sarah palin d caricatures of sarah palin began with her dream job, espn "sportscenter." used to do that job. >> keith is here with other news besides iditerod. >> i'mgog to show you highlights. show you all aut that nex stay right there. >> s's exactly who i need. she's ectly who thisountry needs. >> senator, i honored to be chen as your running mate. >> who is the heck is she? 209-month eteran? the two-termayor of wasilla alaska? theovernor who was r the bridge to nowhere befshe was againsit >> itold congress thanks but no thanks to that bridge to nowh e nowhe. >> every time she tells alie i

will give $100 charity. thanks but thanks. >> the check tot alaska special olympics i the amount of $300. >> and our next vice president of the united states, sarah palin! >> i love those hockey moms, you know. they say the differce between a hocy mom and pit bull? lipsti >> pple who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like. >> don you think made the right choice for theext vice presidenof the united states? i went to an anti-palin rlly and a hoey game broke out. >> the sarah pan interview. >> and iraq, everhere like -- >> i'm sorry wrong tape. >> do you agr with the bush doctrine? >> in wh respe, charlie? >> the bush what do you interpret it to be? >> his world view.

>> all political ffes will no ve to be put in historical context. b.p. or a.p.? fore payynn or after palin. >> you can platump the candidate if you wt to. >> what oer supreme urt decisions decisions do you sagree with? >> well in the great htory of america the'sings thathere's never ing to be absol consensus by ery american. >> governor palin, are you a feminist? >> i'm not going to lel myself anything, brian? >> you consider yourself a feminist? >> i do. our next door neighbors are foreign countries they're in the state i'm the exutive putin comesnto the air spac of thenited states of america, where do they o? it's alask it's just right ov the border. >>hadupe nooups and magazines doyou regularly rad before you were tappedor this to stay nformed and to understand -- >> i read most of them again

with a great appciation for the prs, for the media. >> wha specifically, i'm curious. >> all of them. >> i'm going to ask you oneore time, not belabor the int. 26 years of pushing for re regulation. >> i'm tryingo find you some and bring them to ya. >> and now it belongs to the ages. >> can i call you joe? >> palinv. biden. >> i mayot answ the questions the way y the moderatowant to hear. >> drill, baby, drill. nuclear,uclearnuclear. natural gas. >> verick. maverick, verick. >> at do you expect a teamf mavericks. that what john mccn meant. i'm going to push him on anw today. hockey moms across the nation, how long have i been at is? five weeks? one of barack obama'earliest suorrs is bill ayers. a domestic terrorist.

mestic terrorist. mestic terrorist. mestic terrorist. >> in the ne of jesus and witchcraft. >> you know, i love you, palin. >> thank you. >> first, doo harm. vernor palin eigh weeks after her selection seems to be continuingo arm. >> those clothes a not my prerty. my favorite shop subpoena a consignment shop in anchorage, alaska, called outf the closet. >> sarah palinis a rogue gop elephant p i'm glad now that elizabeth brought it up because it give mess anpportunity withthe filter of the media to get to tell you the whole clothes thing. >> she, quote, a iva. sh takes no adce from anyone. hasselck. >> my friends, wee come t the end of a long jorney.

the american people have spen and they have oken clearly. >>all have the same value and nvictions andositions and policies. i'm just a greater appreciation, i think, for what other candidates go through. you , it's pretty brutal. and it was a blast. every day was just a blast out there onhe tra. >> the phras i think, is bull dodged? and there is theinal irony of palin and tina fey. tina fey was marvelous and the rest of us were insightful and entertaining to various and obviously lesser degrees but ultimatelye were all utterly unnecessary. governor sarah pan was self-caraturing out of office. wi she still be relevan enough tbe just funny? that's "countdown" for this, the 2,258th day sincehe previous esidenteclared mission accomplished in iraq. and now to scuss the sarah