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Well, you ask a good question. So let’s see what we can see from SarahPAC, together, okay?

She gave “excessive contributions” to two RINOs, John McCain and Lisa Murkowski, such that those campaigns had to give a portion back. This was then made public and is reported, here:

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/083009/sta_487758982.shtml

(We now know of over $10,000 she’s given to RINOs, and none to conservatives, yet...)

We know she gave $1,000 to Michele Bachmann (a true conservative), $1,000 to Marsha Blackburn (a true conservative) and $1,000 to former Congressman Rob Portman (a half-RINO/half-conservative).

http://www.adn.com/2009/10/30/993874/sarahpac-says-problems-with-political.html

So, we’ll give her $10,500 to RINOs and $2,500 to conservatives so far...

She gave $1,000 to Rep. Jean Schmidt (a conservative) and $1,000 to Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor, CPA (can’t tell, but most CPAs are conservative). Also, she gave $5,000 to Doug Hoffman (a conservative) and $2,500 to Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (a conservative).

So the running total of named contributions is $10,500 to RINOs and $12,000 to conservatives.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32428_Page2.html

She gave an undetermined amount to the following:

- Sens. Tom Coburn (a conservative)
- John Thune (a conservative)
- Richard Burr (a conservative)
- Orrin Hatch (a RINO)
- Chuck Grassley (a conservative)
- Lindsey Graham (a RINO)
- Jim DeMint (a conservative)
- Roy Blunt (a conservative)

So, I’ll give her a plus on a this grouping, tilting her toward conservatives to some extent.

She gave $1,000 to each of the following:

Vaughn Ward (a conservative)
Allen West (a conservative)
Adam Kinzinger (a conservative)

She gave $2,000 to Rand Paul, Jr. (you tell me what he is).

She gave $2,500 to Sean Duffy (can’t tell, but he was on MTV’s Road Rage and married a lady contestant from that show).

http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/04/palin_spends_mo.php

So I’d put the running total at:

RINOs - $10,500
Conservatives - $15,000
Unknowns - $4,500
Others - $??

It’s not a bad record, but definitely not one into which I’d invest money targeted for conservatives.

It probably averages two-thirds of the time in favor of conservatives.