G.O.P. Shopping Spree Includes a Little Sewing.

Not often does the klieg-lit world of presidential campaigning reach into the shadowy side streets of the garment district or Chinatown. This week, campaign finance reports confirmed that the Republican National Committee spent about $150,000 on clothes for its vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, and her family, including $75,062 at Neiman Marcus and $49,425 at Saks Fifth Avenue in September. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]