December 2, 2008 7:32:44 PM CST
(Newser) – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was a strong contender to be John McCain's running mate all along, his campaign has revealed. Looking to diffuse speculation that Palin was a hasty, last-minute choice, aides told the Washington Post that she was high on McCain’s list since their first meeting in February. Advisers also divulged that Cindy McCain played a major role in the veepstakes.
Mitt Romeny, assumed by the media to be a strong contender, never met with McCain, according to aides. Though Romney has said he didn't expect to be picked, it’s rumored that his angry advisers feel like the former Massachusetts governor was “strung along.” McCain made the offer to Palin last Thursday at his Sedona retreat after nearly two days of talks, aides said.
Source Washington Post
Nov 25, 08 2:24 PM CST Sarah Palin will lend her star power to Saxby Chambliss in his Senate runoff battle against Democrat Jim Martin, Politico reports. Palin will appear with Chambliss at rallies across Georgia the day before the Dec. 2 runoff, capping a GOP full-court press that has seen Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and John McCain drop by to try to keep Chambliss’ seat in Republican hands. More »
Nov 6, 08 1:22 PM CST With the election over, what's more fun than calling out all those whose predictions were off—way off. Der Spiegel lists some highlights:
Nov 6, 08 8:31 AM CST Sarah Palin arrived for John McCain’s final rally with her own speech in hand, the New York Times reports, to be told, firmly, by McCain’s top advisers that VP candidates do not get the microphone on election nights, win or lose. Her ambition to take the stage reinforced the McCain camp’s festering certainty that the Alaska governor has had her eye trained well beyond 2008, the sorest of many grievances that poisoned relations between the running mates. More »
Nov 5, 08 6:46 AM CST The fight for the presidency has left John McCain's reputation battered and bruised, but Christopher Beam of Slate suggests six steps the senator should take to return to glory.
Nov 4, 08 4:05 PM CST It's an inevitability of any election season: Some phrases will get bandied around so much that the hapless American, simply trying to do his civic duty by paying attention, will be crushed under the sheer weight of political verbiage. The Red Eye lists the worst offenders:
He looked at her like a kindred spirit—someone who wasn't afraid to taketough positions. - a close McCain adviser
Nobody was vetted less or more than anyone in the final stages, and John had access to all that information and made the decision. It's really not much more complicated than that. - Rick Davis, campaign manager for John McCain
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