wasilla alaska

Sarah Palin threw down the gauntlet when she said, "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities." What does it take to be mayor of Wasilla, Alaska?

How about a community organizer in Chicago?

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This week in Wasilla, Alaska, a woman named Anne Kilkenny sent a letter to some college friends about her former mayor, Sarah Palin.

By week's end, the letter was pinging around the country and the woman's phone was ringing off the hook.

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Sarah Palin's speech to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., seems to have energized delegates.

The self-described "hockey mom" unleashed criticisms against Democratic challenger Barack Obama. In Palin's hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, residents watched her speech with anticipation.

However, her vice presidential nomination has caused some political stress on the state level.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential pick, has had ties to the Alaskan Independence Party.

But that didn't stop her from launching into the hunt for federal earmarks when she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.

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