Palin launches political action committee

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sarah Palin has launched a new political action committee called SarahPac, signaling that the Alaska Governor intends to remain a player in national politics even after her failed bid to become the country’s first female vice president.

"SarahPac will support local and national candidates who share Gov. Palin's ideas and goals for our country," says the PAC’s Web site, which promises that Palin will be "a strong voice for energy independence and reform."

The PAC does not yet appear to be registered with the Federal Election Commission, according to an online search of the FEC database. But a spokesperson for the committee confirmed that Palin is behind the group and said it was registered on Monday evening. The Web site went live on Tuesday morning and is already soliciting donations.

"The PAC is a smart thing to do because she’s getting so many speaking requests still, so if she gets a request from, say, Bob McDonnell in Virginia, she could do that travel out of her PAC money,” explained the spokesperson, noting that Palin has been in high demand from Republicans around the country since the campaign ended. In December, the governor traveled to Georgia to campaign for Republican Senate candidate Saxby Chambliss in that state's runoff election.

Palin posted a note on her official Facebook page Tuesday afternoon promoting her new committee.

"Hi Friends, I wanted you all to be among the first to know that I've launched my new political action committee, SarahPAC, today," the post says, telling supporters to "stay tuned for updates."

The domain name "SarahPac.com" was registered on January 2 to Campaign Solutions, a Web consulting firm in northern Virginia with longstanding ties to John McCain, which processed online donations for the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee in 2008. The URL is set to expire in 2012, according to online records.

Rebecca Donatelli, the chairman of Campaign Solutions, confirmed her company is working for the group.

Calls to a Palin adviser in Alaska were not immediately returned.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/27/palin-launches-political-action-committee/

[FrenchieCat]

1. She is soooo 2008!

Do we really have to hear of her everymove?

[flpoljunkie]

3. Sadly, she has a hard core following in the GOP. How big it is, we don't know.

Wonder if this is one of the 'fancy' outfits paid for by the RNC...

[Lucian]

2. In other news, no one gives a fuck.

[heliarc]

4. I'm surprised she even knows what PACs do. n/t

[Arkana]

5. Today we'll be talkin' about mooseburgers, and moose steak, and

all other things moose! You betcha!

Seriously, what the fuck? What does she possibly have to offer?

[global1]

6. Surely Sarah Is Not Smart Enough To Come Up With This By Herself So Who.......

or what group is backing her and helping her make these moves. There must be some faction of the Repug party that has her back - it would be interesting to find out who that is and expose them.

[NC_Nurse]

7. Go away, Sarah. You've overstayed your welcome.

I suppose it will be good if she continues to split the Repub party. That would be cool.

Siphon off bucks from other, more intelligent choices. Fine with me.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. Mudflats has a good post here

http://www.themudflats.net/2009/01/27/sarahpac-let-the-games-begin/

and the comments at the Anchorage Daily News site http://community.adn.com/adn/node/137252 are pretty interesting. The "mdntsn" character seems to be a Palin alter-ego -- Todd perhaps?

This comment is disturbing, if true

"This PAC site has been open fewer than 12 hours and I just heard a report on the radio that it's breaking all kinds of records for contributions so far. Stay tuned indeed."

Yikes! Who ARE these people?