The former screenwriter says she left the GOP in 2006 because of George W. Bush's "handling of the wars, fiscal issues, Katrina, the debate over immigration." She even tried volunteering for Obama before Palin came along. Mansour parlayed her loyal blogging on Palin's behalf into a speechwriting job last year.
Palin oversees an unusual galaxy of conservative aides and advisers spread out from Anchorage to England. Most worked for McCain or Bush. Each is dispensable except the First Dude