Aug 29 2008
Woo-Hoo! It’s Palin-McCain!
UPDATE: Here is a link to the McCain press release announcing Gov Palin’s selection. (You may need to scroll down.) (HT: PalinforVP)
I take back some of that stuff I said about Old Grumpy. Yahoo News has this:
DENVER - John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
Two senior campaign officials disclosed Mccain’s decision a few hours before the Republican presidential nominee-to-be and his newly-minted running mate appeared at a rally in swing-state Ohio.
Palin is a self-styled hockey mom and political reformer who has been governor of her state less than two years.
Palin’s selection shocked numerous Republican officials.
In making his pick, Mccain passed over several more prominent prospects who had figured in speculation for months — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge among them.
At 44, Palin is a generation younger that Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, who is Barack Obama’s running mate on the Democratic ticket.
She is three years Obama’s junior, as well — and McCain has made much in recent weeks of Obama’s relative lack of experience in foreign policy and defense matters.
Palin flew overnight to an airport in Ohio near Dayton, and even as she awaited her formal introduction, some aides said they had believed she was at home in Alaska.
McCain said to choose Alaska gov as running mate. - Yahoo! News.
August 29th, 2008 at 13:39 pm
Cute, too.
August 29th, 2008 at 16:38 pm
Hey, I came here specifically to check on your thoughts about McCain/Palin (or, in your case, Palin-McCain), and you did not disappoint.
I think it’s a fantastically brilliant pick.
Karen Joys last blog post..Fourth day of school, and we’re DONE with spelling for the year!!