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Boxer: Palin will not win Clinton supporters

 

Published 8/29/2008 by emilyes at CNN Political Ticker

(CNN)—California Senator Barbara Boxer said Friday, John McCain is “badly mistaken” if he thinks picking Sarah Palin as his running mate will win over Hillary Clinton’s supporters. “The vice president is a heartbeat away from becoming president,” Boxer said in a statement. “So to choose someone with not one hour's worth of experience on national issues [...] (link)

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