Link: The Daily Beast It's been widely reported before that the McCain presidential campaign rejected Sarah Palin's plan to deliver a concession speech on election night. "McCain's aides literally turned the lights out on Palin when she retook the stage later that night to take pictures with her family, fearing that she would give the concession speech after all," says "Sarah From Alaska," a new book out today by journalists Shushannah Walshe, formerly of Fox News, and Scott Conroy of CBS News. They've given The Daily Beast copies of the speeches Palin wasn't allowed to deliver -- both victory and concession.

For those who don't want to read the whole speeches, the article provides "best line" samples from each, including this from Palin's victory speech: "And I said to my husband Todd that it's not a step down when he's no longer Alaska's ‘First Dude.' He will now be the first guy ever to become the ‘Second Dude.'" CBS News has published an excerpt of the book, headlined "Sarah Palin's Brutal Education," covering the candidate's "cram sessions" before the vice-presidential debate with Joe Biden and how her performance in the debate turned out better than some in the campaign had expected -- though it wasn't the knockout winner others had dreamed of.

CNN is reporting more details from the book, including this on the infamous expensive-clothing scandal: "Before her now famous speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Palin's handlers began to rip the price tags off items in the candidate's lavish new wardrobe ... after Palin expressed concerns about the cost of the clothing."

Katie Connolly of Newsweek also focuses on Palin's "anticlimactic" election night: "Not only was she denied the opportunity to speak, but there was no real post-campaign celebration with the McCains. Instead, Palin and her entourage accidentally ran into McCain in the parking lot as they were making a quiet exit. McCain's wife Cindy was already inside the Chevy suburban when Palin halted them by calling out 'John, is that you?' "