Has Sarah Palin “gone rogue”? For the last few weeks, Republicans inside and outside the McCain campaign have speculated about those moments when Palin and John McCain have appeared to disagree: Palin pressed to have the campaign compete for Michigan voters when strategists had given up on the state. She disagreed with McCain’s opposition to a marriage amendment. She disagreed with McCain’s opposition to removing North Korea from the list of terrorist nations. She thinks the campaign should talk about Barack Obama’s ties to his former pastor Jeremiah Wright.

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