NEW! Palin helping Republican National Committee raise money.

Fundraising powerhouse Sarah Palin is helping the Republican National Committee raise money.

In a solicitation letter and survey the RNC is sending to people across the country, she says she's working within the nation's two-party system to, in her words, return the country to greatness.

The 2008 vice presidential GOP nominee and former Alaska governor has spent the past two years castigating both Democrats and Republicans, taking a more independent tone. But she now is calling the RNC the political home for commonsense conservatives.

And Palin says there's no question that President Barack Obama's policies and those of the Democratic-controlled Congress are hurting the country. (Source)