The Beck-Palin 9/11 rally: Much ado about nothing?

Some critics say that Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin's much-hyped Alaska rally used the anniversary of the September 11 tragedy to deliver...very little

Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin's 9/11 event was quieter than many expected.
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As some predicted, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin's "mystery-cloaked" joint appearance on 9/11 in Anchorage, AK, was little more than a smaller-scale version of Beck's 8/28 rally in Washington, D.C., with Beck urging the audience of about 4,000 to commit to the guiding principles of America's Founding Fathers, and to "find God." Though the seemingly pointed decision to hold the event on September 11 had provoked media speculation, was there anything significant about the night? (Watch a short clip from the event)

It was significant for what it wasn't: The "Glenn-and-Sarah buddy act" will always bring out the fans and divert the media, says Mark Leibovich in The New York Times, but predictions that the pair might announce a presidential campaign proved false. They "playfully" toyed with, then shot down, the Tea Party "fantasy" of a "2012 Palin-Beck dream ticket." Still, since they're "the right's favorite populist power couple," that rumor will persist.

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