illegal immigration and politics. we'll have actor and activist rosario dawson, jose diaz-balat and many other voices monday night at 10:00. that's the last word. which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? white house 180. the bush tax cuts for the rich are okay temporarily. there is not one bit of news here says david axelrod. we need to extend the tax cuts for the middle class but can't afford a permanent extension for the wealthy. is that from november 2010 what this from september 2007 sounded like? >> we will also turn the page on an approach that gives repeated tax cuts to the wealthiest 1% of americans, even though they

don't need them and did not ask for them. >> we've always been at war with east asia. tax troubles at 1600 pennsylvania avenue if the pollster who briefs congressional democrats, same goldburg and steve hayes. tea for two faces. senator demint, i have 13 cosponsors. happy veterans day, john sults, the head of vets is redeployed to iraq. he joins us. time to impeach, supreme court court justice alito's jaw dropper. >> justice alito! >> you keep following me, you're going to get arrested. >> the justice complaining about too much politics in the state

of the union headlines a funds raiser for a conservative magazine flanked by michael steele. is this man starting his own progressive super 527 to answer the u.s. chamber of commerce? talk about striking back. you heard her impression of the half governor. >> i can see russia from my house. >> tonight, her impressions of the half governor. >> politics aside, the success of sarah palin and women like her is good for all women. except, of course, those who will end up paying for their own rape kits and stuff. >> all the news and commentary on "countdown." >> for everybody else, it's a win-win! >> good evening from new york. this is thursday, november 11th. 726 days until the 2012 presidential elections. in the showdown between president obama and the republican party over whether to keep giving millionaires and billionaires the tax breaks president bush gave them, the

white house just blinked. it could cost the u.s. $400 billion next year alone. plus interest, minus the jobs for working class americans that would be sacrificed by spending the money this way instead of on actual job creation. our fifth story, after republicans announced they will not compromise on the bush tax cuts, the white house confirms it might. the trillion dollar cuts which the president pledged to make permanent on income less than a quarter million dollars and to repeal on income above that figure. david axelrod told the huffington post the president might agree to extend them temporarily. congressional republicans announced they would vote against any plan that made the middle class cuts permanent without doing the same for the rich. they said it would prove politically unpopular.

the white house was no longer using the word permanent to describe the middle class tax cuts. the president has been clear that extending tax cuts for middle class families is his top priority and heegs open to compromise to get that done. as a candidate, mr. obama did not endorse such compromise. campaigning on ending the bush tax cuts for the rich, period. >> instead of working to find ways to relieve the burden on working people and the middle class, we've developed creative ways to remove the burden from the well off. this isn't the invisible hand of the market at work. it's the successful work of special interests. for decades, we've seen successful strategies to ride anti-tax settlement. the numbers don't lie. at a time when incoming inequality are growing sharper, the bush tax cuts gave the wealthiest americans a tax cut twice as large as the middle

class. >> that was before the recession. as recently as two days before the election, president obama described extending the bush tax cuts for the rich as part of a notion that gave the nation record deficits. he pledged not to repeat it. >> if they win this election, the chair of a republican campaign committee promised to pursue the exact same agenda as they did before i came into office. now, think about that. we know what that agenda is. it does have the virtue of simplicity. you can describe it very quickly. you basically cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires. this is an idea, this notion of theirs that turned a record surplus into record deficits. now, i bring this up, not to reargue the past, i bring it up because i don't want to relive the past. we've been there before. we've tried what they're selling.

and we are not going back. we are not going back. >> going back would not make the deficit the only loser. even if mr. obama were on to put the u.s. into debt for another 40 billion in the name of job creation. the bush tax cuts for the rich have been found to be the single least effective way to create jobs. according to the center on budget and policy priorities, 40 billion in aid to the states would create two to three times as many jobs as the cuts. 40 billion in unemployment benefits. three times as many jobs. 40 bills in tax credits for every person companies hire. at least four times as many jobs. let's turn to democratic pollster stan greenburg, who has the public temperature on this issue. thank you for some of your time. >> delighted to be here. >> you briefed the congressional democrats about this very issue when they were debating whether or not to take it up before the re-election. recap what you told them then.

>> i told them this was actually an issue you can run on without showing who you're battling for for the middle clalsz. we have we have a mandate on this issue. the president's drawn the line at 250,000. elections matter. both the election that put him there. we had a debate on this issue and had it on election now. even in the polls right after this election, we did joint polls with the republican, conservative organization, in that debate, we're basically an even argument on that debate. there is no reason in terms of the public. i can't speak for the democrats in the congress. i can't speak for the congress. i can speak for the public. the public is supportive of this principle. they don't want the rich paying. they don't want to be subsidizing hem if they're borrowing it from the chinese.

this is something people understand. they understand the economic impact. they understand it's trickle down. they're with the president. they're with him when he ran and what he said before the election. again, i'm not battling for how you get this done in the congress. as a public opinion question, the country is with us on this issue. progressives ought to show where they stand. that's why they put us in office. >> is it that clear on the all or nothing equation, tax cuts for everybody or tax cuts for nobody such is the public polling still that distinct? >> the country wants middle class tax cuts. it's probably the most important economically. i can't deal with the trade-off. what i do know is that we can win an argument with the country. that's very clear. middle class tax cuts, both on equity and economic grounds. wealthy paying their share.

that's how we finance getting the debt down. that's how we get back on track to deal with these. we did a poll with republicans and said, do you want to do debt -- reduce the debt, cut taxes or do you want to reduce the deficit but also invest in creating jobs? people want growth as well as deficit reduction. they have not won this argument. we should have more confidence going into this debate. >> if the president extends all the tax cuts temporarily, do they gain anything or the republicans take credit? >> he has to do what he has to do for the economy. so, again, i can't get in the middle of that choice. i just know that his policy position and the mandate he has gives him the framework in which to join this debate. he ought to hold as strong as

possible to a position that is consistent with where he ran in 2008. >> as he said in that clip from 2007, the numbers don't lie. democratic pollster stan greenberg, that's for your time. let's go to chris hayes. good evening, chris. >> good evening, keith. >> that's disturbing. just refresh my -- why did the democrats wait until after the election? why is there any vagary about this now you? >> i don't know. i mean, god, this is a pattern. this has been the negotiating posture of the white house, which is to signal ahead of time that you will cave and then, of course, cave. we've seen it where they said something and walked it back. kathleen sebelius said the public option is not vital to health care or whatever. to me, this is -- you know, they're just going to say, you know what, that $700 billion for the rich, we'll take it to get

this middle class tax cut. what happened today is everything that is totally dysfunctional and corrupt about washington, d.c. at this moment. you just had this election in which the supposed mandate was to attack the deficit. and the first thing that everyone wants to do is spend $700 billion on the top 2% of income earners. the people who 30 years of economic political economy changes and financialization of the american economy have conferred outsized benefits on. that's what we're going to do. while everyone talks about the deficit, it is shocking to watch this happen. >> why in the process though, are democrats letting the bush tax cuts define this conversation? why not just bring a middle class or job-specific tax cut to the floor in the lame duck congress while there's still one hand on the steering wheel or actually both hands on the steering wheel before one gets cut off? >> that's a very good question.

i would give people a little history reminder about the power of lame duck congresses. if i am not mistaken, in 1998, a lame duck congress impeached the president of the united states, okay? after being drubbed at the polls, lost seats, poll offer poll showed they did not want the president impeached, they impeached the president in a lame duck session. surely you can bring a middle class tax cut in a lame duck session and be within norms. >> 1998, i have no recollection of that at all. republicans vote against the obama tax cut and campaigned against the democrats and called them tax and spend. why shouldn't politically harry reid or president obama simply reject any tax cut for the rich that republicans pass? >> they should. i mean, they should. look, what i want -- what has to happen is the cultural mentality of democrats in power in the white house and everywhere.

they have to understand the new terrain. the new terrain has to be a willingness to go to the brink and engage in brinkmanship. you have been against for a long time a newly empowered implacable opposition. this is an issue the public is with you on and money that everybody has been talking about how we cannot spend it. it is just bizarre we're having these two simultaneous conversations. on the one hand about, quote, unquote, how america is apparently going bankrupt and broke. and how we need to spend $700 billion on millionaires and billionaires. those two things have to interact with one another. if you can't win this argument, i don't know what you can. this is core, core stuff. >> what is the expectation? is there any indication of what the expectation in the white house, if they proceed on this path they will be awarded by what electorate, canada?

>> i think what we'll see in 2012 it doesn't matter one way or the other whether people are going to remember this, right? in 2012? the debt and deficit are registering in people's mind because of a concerted effort by economic interests that want to essentially benefit off it, right? by doing that, they're trying to get this in people's mind. it's fundamentally an expression of people's economic anxiety. if that goes away in 2012, no one will remember. >> we'll have to make them remember. it's what we're here for. >> or we have to do the right thing in the short term. >> if it doesn't happen, that's when we come into play. chris hayes of the nation, i'll seal you in 2012. thanks. >> tonight, the republicans' circular firing squad has reassembled. the battle over earmarks between mr. demint and mr. inhoff.

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sad news. washington got one fraction 1% less crazy. this congressman-elect's chief of staff quits after talking about hanging illegal immigrant workers. he thinks the state of the union is too political to be appropriate for supreme court justices like himself to attend. what the hell was he doing at a fund raiser that claims the impeachment of bill clinton as one of its biggest accomplishments. and the actress and what she thinks of her mistake in 2004

it will not be conducted or will be conducted by secret ballot. it will not affect democrats and it's noun binding. no matter how they vote, they will not have to stick to it. as jim demint gets more to sign up for his tea party-inspired ban on earmarks. jim inhofe points out it doesn't matter. mr. inhofe continuing his public crusade rally against demint's ban. he says it's all for show. he could pass it and it won't make any difference. slamming supporters for the ban for their lack of regard for the constitution. >> these guys will come in and the first vote they'll cast is to trash the constitution and

reject their oath of office. >> inhope vows to deliver a, quote, pretty strong statement against the ban on monday. intending to call out demint before being for earmarks before being against them. politico said 13 leaders siding with demint. now many of those lawmakers are hedging on whether they will vote for it it this time around. john boehner and eric cantor inventing an entirely new house gop position, specifically intended to be awarded to a freshman member of congress. no title, no job description as of yet. the gop is floating christine gnome of south dakota. or token tea party rookie of the year award. last week, ms. gnome would not commit to supporting mr. boehner

for speaker. another congressman has a job opening after his chief of staff bails out. joyce coffman, who previously suggested if ballots don't work, bullets will, once proposed hanging illegal immigrants is blaming the media for her sudden departure. i will not be used in an electronic lynching by proxy. i will not participate in you desiring to destroy him. her resignation comes one tape after a threat put 300 south florida schools on lockdown. coffman was the inspiration behind the threat. mr. west vowing he will continue to seek her counsel. let's turn to political analyst and washington post editor and the author of "disintegration." eugene robinson. let's start with earmarks. am i dreaming this?

is it a false memory put in somewhere? wasn't one of the cornerstones of the republican national platform two years ago, no more earmarks? >> it wasn't just a treatment dream, keith. earmarks for republicans were the spawn of satan. the most awful thing. the evil democrats were guilty of larding every spending bill with these terrible earmarks. meanwhile, they were larding these bills with earmarks. they were invading against the practice. now push comes to shove and in come some senators to back up jim demint, who sounds like he's serious about this this time and getting them to take the pledge. with the national tea party looking over their shoulders, this is a great kind of spectator event to watch from the outside.

>> to say nothing of the reinterpretation of the constitution provided by mr. inhofe they're in there somewhere. >> it's right there in article -- >> many of these signatories to the demint plant have accepted earmarks. is this part of the inconsistency or part of the tea party deal, that everything is forgiven if you submit? >> they'll try to make it go away. clearly, number one, the republicans have come up with some sort of amnesia pixie dust. they made everybody forget the george bush years. maybe they can forget the earmarks and who used them. it does fit into the christian redemption theme. you know, if you admit your sins, you can be forgiven and be

admitted through the gates of the tea party, i guess. >> speaking of forgiveness, to treat a freshly elected, soon to be freshman representative with who said she wasn't sure she'd support john boehner for speaker of the house, to say, well, okay, what if we gave you a title in it management here, this is the darnedest thing i've ever heard. what is the premise here? is it that kind of naked bribe, or is it that she has the michelle bachmann hair helmet? >> i think all of that plays into it. the naked bribe is almost a bonus. the real interest is to make a gesture to the incoming tea party freshmen to say -- from boehner and cantor, we care. we don't want to be at war with you tea party people. we want you to -- we want to

co-op with you. we'd like to find one of you who happens to look like michele bachmann and bring her into the leadership group. but he gets to come to the meetings. that, i think, is supposed to represent inclusion. we'll see how that ultimately plays. because the real battle will be over policy. the vote to raise the debt ceiling and things like that. but it's a gesture, really. >> lastly, congressman west and joyce coffman and this it threat to the florida schools. what in the world is going on here? >> i don't know. it's just plain crazy. i guess it is, you know, a good thing for the nation that we will not have this clearly -- frankly unbalanced person operating as chief of staff to a member of congress.

but then again, if you recall some of the things that mr. west said during his campaign, you know, i'm not sure we've gone far enough. >> it was a coin toss between them for crazier. >> exactly. i think he's going to be an interesting member of congress with interesting new colleagues. it will be bizarre and interesting to watch. >> fabulous. gene robinson of the washington post. always a pleasure. thank you. tina fey makes fun of sara palin as tina fey and tells a story of an event involving herself from six years ago that might be the reason they stuck the rest of us with palin.

disorder in the court. a supreme court justice at a blatantly political fund-raising for the second time in three years? the tweet of the day from a ringer. it's about news. i guess it's fair game. from a mr. conan o'brien, is it? yeah. my kids are demanding i take them on that cruise that only serves pop tarts. just remind them of the other item on the emergency menu, that'll hush them up. spam. let's play "oddball." we begin in dubai. you say hello and i say dubai. if you think gold jewelry lasts too long, we have a temporary tattoo made of gold, complete with crystals. this body art is all the rage

for people who love the cracker jack tattoo but hate the taste. the biggest ripoff since goldline. goldline is a much bigger riffoff. internet, kids watching something on tv, think they can do it in real life. this guy has been watching too much rocky and bull winkle. and -- wait for it. down goes swirly. he wasn't even close. he face-planted. people have always said his dream of being the first park house squirrel was a little nuts. i'd like to say he's already but i don't think so. in chandler, arizona, the new city hall complex designed to be state-of-the-art, environmental friendly and empz green initiatives, walls made of bamboo, and lights go on and off according to the light in the room, and gray water used in the toilets. the building felt the need to it

post this sign. you may be asking why do they feel the mead to tell people not to drink from the toilet? apart from the fact some of these people voted for arizona sb 10-70. no, councilman. bad, councilman! time matches on. back to iraq with john sultz. can the left get back in the multi-million fund-raising game? one man appears to be trying ahead.

obviously today has been veterans day. and the founder of the leading veterans group opposed to the war in iraq is stepping down from his position. because in the third story tonight, he's been called to duty again. in iraq for a year. john soltz joins us presently. u.s. troops are still in iraq. some 50,000 falling the end of combat operations. two died there last month.

last month saw an attack on a ca need need ral building. the louisville courier journal referred to the contemptible hippocracy of kentucky senator mitch mcconnell. he was said to have asked privately according to the president for a drawdown in iraq, at the same time he publicly said democrats calling for the same thing were calling for retreat. let's bring in john soltz, who will deploy to iraq after the holidays. john, good evening? >> how are you, keith? >> concerned. how are you? >> you know, i think i'm better than a lot of people think. it's to be expected so -- >> you're fighting a war in two senses. how do you reconcile --

especially on veterans day -- fighting a war that you are opposed to? that you have fought diligently and effectively against? >> well, i think, first off, you've always separated -- or i've always separated my time that i'm spent in the army and my time as a political activist. as soon as i put on the uniform of the country, which i'll do probably in about six weeks, the politics goes out the window. when we serve, we serve because we believe in our constitution and as people have told me when i first got back from iraq inside the army when i was really hurt by my experience there, that the army's been through bad leaders before. you've got to look at the army and the service to our country as something over the history since 1776 and not just the service in this war. i've done everything to ask the questions about afghanistan. we've always separated our service and political activism.

it's always an honor to be called to serve your country and help end this war. >> i suppose that extends to this idea that you might be among that last group that leaves there, since we're due out in december of next year? does that impact your thinking as you look forward or look towards this? >> i look forward to that deadline. i think no matter if you're for this war or against this war, anyone who is called to serve to be the last troops in iraq, i think anyone in that position would find that honorable. i know the mission that i have, i will be one of the last troops out of iraq. i look at that as fortunate. i've spent my entire adult life in regards to the iraq war trying to end it. i'm going because basically a guard reservist gets mobilized every five years. it's simply my turn. if i don't go, someone else. >> those who are lost fighting

for a cause they believe in -- i don't want to be morbid -- but if you are in that phrase john kerry used by vietnam, one of the last men to die for a mistake, what does it mean such. >> i think that's a political question. when you're on the ground in a war, when i was on the ground in 2003 and deployed in kosovo, we never had these political conversations on the ground. i understand why he said that. but when you're in charge of troops on the ground, you're worried about how you're going to get out and what does it mean for their families. how do you best keep your people safe. you're worried about the tactical issues. it's my turn to go. this is how i keep my troops safe. you're worried about survival rather than the politics of it.

>> john soltz of vote vets. great thanks for your service past, present and future. >> thank you, keith. i want to thank you for having vets on all these years. >> i accept those with great gratitude. thanks, john. >> thank you. >> the alito hipocracy. the president is too partisan for him. but he can headline a conservative fund-raiser and threaten a reporter. tina fey about sarah palin and how it may be all her fault from six years ago. and rachel's special guest, john stewart. i am reliably informed he will say nice things about me?

a supreme court justice sits at a conservative fund-raiser along side the chairman of the republican committee and doesn't

think that violates the bit about federal judges should not engage in political activity. she provided great insight into sarah palin while impersonating her. now sarah palin provides greater insight into sarah palin being herself.

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the whole trial is out of order. supreme court justice samuel alito is not hiding behind his wife, he's doing the fund-raising by himself. the american spectator fund-raising with michele bachmann, t. boone pickens and justice alito. prices ranged from 250 bucks to 25 grand. this isn't just a magazine trying to make up for bad ad sales. they fabricated stories with which to hunt bill clinton. justice alito made no effort to pose as nonpartisan. two years ago at the same dinner he devoted his speech to calling then vice president-elect biden a serial plagiarizing. at the state of the union address, he was seen mouthing that's not true. more startling yet, justice alito since said he could no longer attend state of the union addresses because they were becoming too political and partisan.

among the five canons of the codes of conduct for u.s. justices, a judge should avoid improprietiy. a judge should refrain from political activity. lee fong was able to ask about his violations and said alito replied, it's not important that i'm here and then added, it's not important. mr. fong tried again and was threatened with arrest by somebody. >> justice alito, do you have a moment? >> he doesn't have a moment. he's leaving soon. >> justice alito! >> sir, if you keep following me, you're going to get arrested. >> i'm not following you. i'd just like to ask the justice a question. is it legal for him to attend political fund-raisers? >> when as churchill put it, politics are foul, so foul that at least two justices of the

supreme court are in the political pocket of the republican party, the question of correction might take a back seat to escalation. in 2008, david brock attempted to start up a 527 group to do to john mccain what republican groups were doing to barack obama. the future president said, don't. the white house is reportedly now not saying don't. craig sergeant reported in his blog, this time the goal is a big-league 527 to try to push back against the karl rove money tree and the u.s. chamber of commerce. except his would observe partial donor transparency. david is on the road talking to donors and strategists who would be interested. he's out pitching it right now. we tried to get david brock to join us but were told he was on the road, seriously, on a plane. he'll join us tomorrow. let's bring in kenneth vogel. is the report accurate?

>> it is. my sources have confirmed similar reports. you have david brock, who found great success with his media watchdog group, media matters. raising money from some of the very donors turned off to the political process and to giving to outside groups that weighed in heavily with television ads and voter mobilization efforts in 2004. i'm talking about george soros and members of the democracy alliance. groups of liberal donors meeting next week in washington. they've been turned off from giving to these types of efforts, both because they were unsuccessful in 2004. george bush beat john kerry but because president obama is urging them not to get involved. and his subsequent attacks on this outside spending. the fact that david brock, a democrat who has access to this type of funding is getting involved with potentially a white house green light is

significant, i think, going forward. >> not even referring to brock. to what degree is there a white house green light? >> the white house has been very careful. president obama ran on the idea of changing the way that politics worked. part of that was changing the influence of special interest money in the political system and for him to be seen as dialing that back when he has already been criticized on that front for opt onning out of the public financing system in the 2008 campaign and has attacked so aggressively the u.s. chamber of commerce and some of the republican-alleyed republican-allied interest groups. i think we'll see subtle signals it's okay to give again. perhaps we'll see donors in support of his 2008 campaign giving to one or more of these types of groups. >> the devil's advocate question, partial donor on disclosure, isn't that as bad as the rove group?

>> the white house said if this is going to occur, they're not going to fight it, but would really like to see disclosure. i think if you talk to advocates for clean elections and for reducing money in politics, that's the last pillar of the modern campaign finance regime. there is going to be a ton of money that will flood into the system. we want to make sure that these donors disclose where the money is coming from so that voters can see who is funding the campaign supporting or opposing specific candidates. >> i can't let you go without harping back to justice alito. the house entertained a bill to impeach justice douglas because he put out a temporary stay on the execution of the rosenbergs how is what he doing at political events not grounds for impeachment for justice alito? >> setting aside the impeachment issue, he told me at think

progress, it's not important he was there. i think it is important for the public perception of the united states supreme court of being separate and above politics and because of the contentious confirmation hearings we've seen from the supreme court justices in the senate. justice alito has become a poster child with this, both with his confirmation hearing, in which president obama voted against, and with his supreme court -- i'm sorry, state of the union, challenging of president obama. >> the senior reporter of politico, ken vogel. thank you. >> in the past, this was where worst persons in the world used to be. when i suspended it, i promised you would get input as it to whether we would bring it back. the online poll has begun at msnbc.

you can vote whether it should be restored as it it was or in a new form or killed. choice d, is pie. murkowski perhaps. vote now. you've seen tina fey as sarah palin. you ever seen tina fey fay assess sarah palin?

until the second world war, it was considered inappropriate to broadcast or present on film an impersonation of the president of the united states or other major political leaders, let alone a satirical version. that's one of the reasons the bit of joe mccarthy in 1954 was so famous. and then the pitch perfect impersonation of president kennedy. one year of unrelenting fame and complete unemployment.

rich little was good and david frye was better. perhaps of all political impersonations ever, none has matched both for artistic success and actual political impact, the confluence of tina fey and sarah palin. now the former has sized up the latter. not an impression but some impressions. >> i want to thank everyone involved with the kennedy center or as it will soon be known, the tea party bowling alley and rifle range. >> she has become the 13th recipient of the mark twain prize for american humor, a lifetime achievement award. ms. fey said she might be better qualified for the harper lee prize for small bodies of work. the entire show will be broadcast on sunday. >> the last time that i was in washington was in 2004 to take this it life magazine cover photo with john mccain.

and senator mccain gave my husband and me a tour of the senate. we all spent a lovely, busy afternoon together. i have it on good authority that this picture of senator mccain and myself has been hanging by his desk since september of 2004. he's been looking at it every day since 2004 getting ideas. so i guess what i'm saying is this whole thing might be my fault. >> wow. does that give an entirely different context to this sketch co-starring fey and mccain from november 1st, 2008. >> why not do your holiday shopping with us? okay, listen up, everybody, i'm going rogue right now. keep your voices down. available now, we've got a bunch of these palin 2012 t-shirts. just try and wait until after

tuesday to wear them, okay? because i am not going anywhere. and i'm certainly not going back to alaska. if i'm not going to the white house, i'm either running in four years or i'm going to be a white oprah. so, you know, i'm good either way. >> or both. there was one more piece of piercing political analysis from fey, which will be a remaining pose of good humor on the part of mrs. palin. that in a moment. if the need for analysis is her fault, she may have to make more return cameos on snl or go door-to-door. >> i believe diplomacy should be the cornerstone of any foreign domestic. >> and i can see russia from my house. >> not to belayer the point, one specific thing.

>> katie, i'd like to use one of my life lines. now i'd like to entertain everybody with some fancy pageant walking. >> i would now like to give each of you a chance to make a closing statement. >> are we not doing the talent portion? >> back to the kennedy center. for a moment consist intertwining of palin and fey ceased and along it with it the default setting of letting her character do all the satirizing. >> i would be a liar if i didn't thank sarah palin for getting me here tonight. politics aside, the success of sarah palin and women like her is good for all women. except, of course, those who