“[Ortman] is running a grassroots campaign against a well-funded favorite of the Washington GOP establishment whose policy record is a blank slate,” Palin wrote in a veiled reference to McFadden. Responding to Palin’s endorsement, Ortman wrote: “I’ve long admired Sarah Palin’s courage, composure and conviction. So you can imagine how thrilled and grateful I was when she answered my request and decided to endorse me.”

Yes, Ortman got support from the inimitable leave-the-term-early former Alaskan politician.

Big deal? Ortman says it is. Is that a surprise to you?

Full Strib report (the source of the headline), here.

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A Palin endorsement is a "kiss" of sorts; Brodkorb, here.