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Palin more pragmatic than friends and foes expect

By BECKY BOHRER

Associated Press Writer

JUNEAU, Alaska – Sarah Palin the political pragmatist? Go figure.

With a few surprising endorsements in recent Republican primaries, the self-styled rogue of GOP politics has reaped an angry response from some of her own supporters and a fresh round of speculation about her own presidential ambitions in 2012.

“Man, what a terrible choice in Iowa, Sarah,” Meghan Swella wrote on Palin’s Facebook wall after the former Alaska governor announced her support for Terry Branstad in last week’s gubernatorial primary.