Posted at 11:59 AM ET, 05/16/2011
Sarah PAC sending direct mail on 2012
By Rachel Weiner
Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin smiles as she arrives at the embassy of Italy for an MSNBC after-party following the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington May 1, 2011. (JONATHAN ERNST - REUTERS)http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/sarah-pac-sending-direct-mail-into-south-carolina/2011/05/16/AFVPIz4G_blog.htmlvFormer Alaska governor Sarah Palin is sending direct mail solicitations nationwide to raise money for her political action committee titled “2012 Can’t Come Fast Enough,” a move that is certain to re-stoke talk of whether she will run for the presidential nomination.
The copy of the letter sent to The Fix came from South Carolina, and SarahPAC Treasurer Tim Crawford said that about 400,000 solicitations were sent out nationwide. While the mailing, which aims to raise contributions for Sarah PAC, says nothing specific about Palin’s own political future the decision to send it will surely raise eyebrows.
“Taking back control of the House last year was only the first step,” Palin writes in the mailer. “Now you and I must fix our eyes on 2012. Our goal is to take back the White House and the Senate.”
Polls of late have shown Palin to be slipping somewhat in popularity among Republicans, and she has faded from the national spotlight in recent months.