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Publication Date: November 04, 2011

Author: Ryan Alessi

Sarah Palin endorses Todd P'Pool and will record robo calls on his behalf

UPDATED Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has given her stamp of approval to Republican candidate for attorney general, Todd P’Pool, becoming the latest national name to get involved in the election on P’Pool’s behalf.

In addition to the endorsement, Palin will record robo calls for P’Pool, according to Cathy Bailey, the former U.S. ambassador to Latvia who has been helping P’Pool’s campaign.

On Friday morning, the P’Pool campaign uploaded the robo-call to YouTube and send the message out to supporters.

Bailey and her husband, Louisville businessman Irv Bailey, held a fundraiser for P’Pool in September at their home that featured another Fox News personality, former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Last week, Bailey was on hand for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s appearance in Louisville on P’Pool’s behalf.

P’Pool is running against Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway in the Nov. 8 election. Conway has shrugged off the attention P’Pool has received from national Republicans.

“My opponent can bring in all the New York political figures he wants. I think this race is about being the state attorney general and putting Kentucky first,” Conway told Pure Politics last week after Giuliani’s visit. “I’m not bringing in any national figures.”

Last year, when Conway was running for U.S. Senate, former President Bill Clinton came to Kentucky twice on his behalf.

During that race, Palin supported Republican Rand Paul.

Palin has made few endorsements this year. And P’Pool so far is the only Kentucky candidate to land her support. Earlier this year, Palin backed Wisconsin Justice David Prosser for re-election, according to Politico.

Most of the buzz about a Palin endorsement lately has focused on which Republican candidate for president she will support.

Ryan Alessi
About Ryan Alessi

Ryan Alessi joined cn|2 in May 2010 as senior managing editor and host of Pure Politics. He has covered politics for more than 10 years, including 7 years as a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader. Ryan says he enjoys the challenge of interviewing political figures and civic leaders about how they want to improve Kentucky.

Comments

  • Mike wrote on November 04, 2011 10:50 AM :

    This is just more proof that Sarah, the half-term governor of Alaska (a state whose population is less than Louisville) Palin just speaks to hear herself talk. To back P’Pool proves she knows nothing about the person she is supposedly supporting.

    Go back to Alaska and stay there, please, Sarah (I thought Africa was a country) Palin.

  • Area Man wrote on November 04, 2011 01:30 PM :

    This endorsement is great news — for Conway.

  • Matt wrote on November 04, 2011 10:46 PM :

    Mike – Just another extreme liberal suffering from PDS (Palin Derangement Syndrome). Governor Palin resigned from office for the betterment of the State of Alaska. The Democratic Party machine, assisted by the media, attacked her incessantly hindering her work to reform Alaska. It’s typical that someone from the left would criticize someone for failing to protect the best interest of the State. Sarah Palin and Todd P’Pool are proven conservative reformers. Jack Conway was an embarrassment to the State of Kentucky during the 2010 election cycle, and he will continue to embarrass us if reelected to the Office of Attorney General. Todd P’Pool is a gifted prosecutor who will fight for the interests of Kentucky. He will fight against Obamacare, stand for Kentucky Coal, and oppose job-killing EPA Regulations. He is the right man for the job!

  • almam wrote on November 07, 2011 02:14 PM :

    So much for Jack not drumming up some national figures for help – http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/11/sarah-palin-kentucky-attorney-general-/1?loc=interstitialskip#uslPageReturn. Howard Dean? Really? I guess he IS the most likeable, considering his choices would be, say Obama or Pelosi.

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