Sarah Palin: Queen of YouTube

The Camera-Ready Pick

No picture of a modern candidate can be complete without a survey of her candid moments caught on video. But what videos to watch? Here is some of what the all-seeing YouTube has to tell us about John McCain's vice-presidential nominee

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The Outsider: Where Is Sarah Palin Going Next?

The exiting Alaska governor's outsider politics take her on the road less traveled. But where is she going?

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Top 10 Sarah Palin Spoofs

Her public performances — and spoofs of those performances — have filled gigabytes of video space ever since. TIME surveys the cream of the crop

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10 Facts About Sarah Palin

John McCain's choice for running mate has her own maverick roots, a fisherman husband and a short political career

SCIENCE OF SEARCH

Searching for Palin's 'Hot Photos'

The current Republican vice-presidential candidate is shaping up to be not only a celebrity, but a sex symbol, according to popular Internet searches

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Bristol and Levi: So Many Memories

It was the love affair we thought would never die. But now Sarah Palin's daughter and her guy have broken up. A look back at a fairy tale romance gone sour

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Sarah Palin

The Republic Veep pick is the first female vice presidential candidate in GOP history

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Sarah Palin Hits the Campaign Trail

TIME photographer Brooks Kraft travels with the Alaska Governor during her first week as the official GOP vice-presidential nominee

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The Three-Minute VP Debate

Highlights from the vice-presidential debate between Gov. Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden

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The Screwups of Campaign '08

Presidential campaigns are so carefully stage-managed that few things are as entertaining as the mistakes politicians' make on the trail