AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

AFP - Sarah Palin, the darling of the conservative Tea Party, has raised $1.6 million in campaign donations even though she has not yet said she will run for president and has already spent a huge chunk of the funds, documents showed.

Host Michel Martin and NPR Digital News' Corey Dade comb through listener responses to Tell Me More's recent parenting conversation about leaving children in hot cars. Dade shares his report on a new political movement. There's also an update on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' intern Daniel Hernandez, who threw the first pitch for MLB's All-Star Game in Phoenix, Ariz.

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Host Michel Martin and NPR Digital News' Corey Dade comb through listener responses to Tell Me More's recent parenting conversation about leaving children in hot cars. Dade shares his report on a new political movement. There's also an update on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' intern Daniel Hernandez, who threw the first pitch for MLB's All-Star Game in Phoenix, Ariz.

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ContributorNetwork - Discussion centering on the possibility of raising the debt ceiling has dominated the air waves and television news shows for the better part of this week. Obama administration officials are touting the financial downfall of American and painting a picture of starving senior citizens who would be forced to go without their Social Security checks. Conservatives see the issue another way, with those recently elected to office standing on the Tea Party principles that earned them their sears. Partisan political motives aside, federal treasury figures assure Americans that there are enough funds available to pay our bills and issue government checks to the elderly and disabled.

ContributorNetwork - Discussion centering on the possibility of raising the debt ceiling has dominated the air waves and television news shows for the better part of this week. Obama administration officials are touting the financial downfall of American and painting a picture of starving senior citizens who would be forced to go without their Social Security checks. Conservatives see the issue another way, with those recently elected to office standing on the Tea Party principles that earned them their sears. Partisan political motives aside, federal treasury figures assure Americans that there are enough funds available to pay our bills and issue government checks to the elderly and disabled.

ContributorNetwork - Discussion centering on the possibility of raising the debt ceiling has dominated the air waves and television news shows for the better part of this week. Obama administration officials are touting the financial downfall of American and painting a picture of starving senior citizens who would be forced to go without their Social Security checks. Conservatives see the issue another way, with those recently elected to office standing on the Tea Party principles that earned them their sears. Partisan political motives aside, federal treasury figures assure Americans that there are enough funds available to pay our bills and issue government checks to the elderly and disabled.

ContributorNetwork - Discussion centering on the possibility of raising the debt ceiling has dominated the air waves and television news shows for the better part of this week. Obama administration officials are touting the financial downfall of American and painting a picture of starving senior citizens who would be forced to go without their Social Security checks. Conservatives see the issue another way, with those recently elected to office standing on the Tea Party principles that earned them their sears. Partisan political motives aside, federal treasury figures assure Americans that there are enough funds available to pay our bills and issue government checks to the elderly and disabled.

ContributorNetwork - Discussion centering on the possibility of raising the debt ceiling has dominated the air waves and television news shows for the better part of this week. Obama administration officials are touting the financial downfall of American and painting a picture of starving senior citizens who would be forced to go without their Social Security checks. Conservatives see the issue another way, with those recently elected to office standing on the Tea Party principles that earned them their sears. Partisan political motives aside, federal treasury figures assure Americans that there are enough funds available to pay our bills and issue government checks to the elderly and disabled.

ContributorNetwork - Discussion centering on the possibility of raising the debt ceiling has dominated the air waves and television news shows for the better part of this week. Obama administration officials are touting the financial downfall of American and painting a picture of starving senior citizens who would be forced to go without their Social Security checks. Conservatives see the issue another way, with those recently elected to office standing on the Tea Party principles that earned them their sears. Partisan political motives aside, federal treasury figures assure Americans that there are enough funds available to pay our bills and issue government checks to the elderly and disabled.

ContributorNetwork - Discussion centering on the possibility of raising the debt ceiling has dominated the air waves and television news shows for the better part of this week. Obama administration officials are touting the financial downfall of American and painting a picture of starving senior citizens who would be forced to go without their Social Security checks. Conservatives see the issue another way, with those recently elected to office standing on the Tea Party principles that earned them their sears. Partisan political motives aside, federal treasury figures assure Americans that there are enough funds available to pay our bills and issue government checks to the elderly and disabled.

ContributorNetwork - Discussion centering on the possibility of raising the debt ceiling has dominated the air waves and television news shows for the better part of this week. Obama administration officials are touting the financial downfall of American and painting a picture of starving senior citizens who would be forced to go without their Social Security checks. Conservatives see the issue another way, with those recently elected to office standing on the Tea Party principles that earned them their sears. Partisan political motives aside, federal treasury figures assure Americans that there are enough funds available to pay our bills and issue government checks to the elderly and disabled.

ContributorNetwork - Discussion centering on the possibility of raising the debt ceiling has dominated the air waves and television news shows for the better part of this week. Obama administration officials are touting the financial downfall of American and painting a picture of starving senior citizens who would be forced to go without their Social Security checks. Conservatives see the issue another way, with those recently elected to office standing on the Tea Party principles that earned them their sears. Partisan political motives aside, federal treasury figures assure Americans that there are enough funds available to pay our bills and issue government checks to the elderly and disabled.

ContributorNetwork - Discussion centering on the possibility of raising the debt ceiling has dominated the air waves and television news shows for the better part of this week. Obama administration officials are touting the financial downfall of American and painting a picture of starving senior citizens who would be forced to go without their Social Security checks. Conservatives see the issue another way, with those recently elected to office standing on the Tea Party principles that earned them their sears. Partisan political motives aside, federal treasury figures assure Americans that there are enough funds available to pay our bills and issue government checks to the elderly and disabled.