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War and Piece — WP 's Dan Balz : McCain camp didn't interview Palin until day before pick: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was not subjected to a lengthy in-person background interview with the head of Sen. John McCain's vice presidential vetting team until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day before McCain asked her to be his running mate, and she did not disclose the fact that her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant until that meeting, two knowledgeable McCain officials acknowledged Tuesday. Palin was one of two finalists in the vice presidential sweepstakes who were interviewed last week by former ...
Aides: Team Interviewed Palin Late in Process
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Front-page WashPost: The Alaska governor wasn’t subject to a lengthy in-person background by vetter Culvahouse until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day before McCain asked her to be his No. 2. ...
Bombshell: Vetted Last Wednesday
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Unbelievable: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was not subjected to a lengthy in-person
background interview with the head of Sen. John McCain's vice
presidential vetting team until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day
before McCain asked her to be his running mate, and she did not
disclose the fact that her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant until that
meeting, two knowledgeable McCain officials acknowledged Tuesday... McCain had spoken with all of the others on his shortlist over the
course of a selection process that went on for several months, but he
was least ...
Speeches Over. Back to Reality.
Hoffmania! —
... While you were transfixed by Joe Lieberman, yet another Palin story broke: Camp McCain conducted Sarah's job interview last Wednesday and she was hired Thursday. Page One in tomorrow's Washington Post: ...
Vetter Interviewed Palin Day Before Pick
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
A bombshell from Dan Balz of the Washington Post: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was not subjected to a lengthy in-person background interview with the head of Sen. John McCain's vice presidential vetting team until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day
before McCain asked her to be his running mate, and she did not
disclose the fact that her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant until that
meeting, two knowledgeable McCain officials acknowledged Tuesday. The other finalist: Gov. Tim Pawlenty. How many other interviews was she subjected to? Did ...
Vetting? What’s That?
Oliver Willis —
John McCain, the Michael Brown of politics.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was not subjected to a lengthy in-person background interview with the head of Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential vetting team until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day before McCain asked her to be his running mate, and she did not disclose the fact that her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant until that meeting, two knowledgeable McCain officials acknowledged Tuesday.
You just know the McCain team has fingers and toes crossed that Sarah Palin doesn’t ...
Aides: Team Interviewed Palin Late in Process
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Front-page WashPost: The Alaska governor wasn’t subject to a lengthy in-person background by vetter Culvahouse until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day before McCain asked her to be his No. 2. ...
Aides: Palin Interviewed Late in Process
PoliGazette —
... Aides to Senator John McCain told the Washington Post that the McCain Team did not interview Sarah Palin at length until Wednesday, the day before McCain asked her to become his running mate. ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central —
... The Washington Post reports that Sarah Palin was only interviewed by John McCain's vetting team this past Wednesday, the day before John McCain asked her to be his running mate. It's hard to believe that the full ramifications of picking Palin were properly deliberated by the campaign. ...
Bombshell: Serious Palin vetting took place one day before official selection
Crooks and Liars —
You gotta be kidding me:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was not subjected to a lengthy in-person background interview with the head of Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential vetting team until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day before McCain asked her to be his running mate, and she did not disclose the fact that her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant until that meeting, two knowledgeable McCain officials acknowledged Tuesday.
In the first and most telling executive decision of his potential ...
Team McCain: Leave Sarah Springer Alooooooone!
Firedoglake —
... So, let me get this straight: Team McCain didn't bother to have a sit-down interview with Sarah Palin until the day before McCain's precipitous leap into the badly-vetted void. And I do mean badly vetted, as in ...
Soft Sell And Hard Truths
Daily Kos —
... Dan Baltz confirms that this was a last minute decision that reflects badly on the McCain decision-making process, and validates our own first impressions. ...
Why the Press Claims, Falsely, that Sarah Palin Wasn’t Vetted: Because Unlike You, They Don’t Read Beldar, So They Got Surprised by the Pick. And They Don’t Like Being Surprised.
Patterico's Pontifications —
... Yesterday the Washington Post ran a detailed article about the vetting process. The splashy headline is Aides Say Team Interviewed Palin Late in the Process. But if you read the whole thing, you learn that the vetting process was by no means lightweight: ...
Aides Admit Palin Lacked Sufficient Vetting
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin "was not subjected to a lengthy in-person background interview with the head of Sen. John McCain's vice presidential vetting team until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day before McCain asked her to be his running mate, and she did not disclose the fact that her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant until that meeting," the Washington Post reports. ...
Sarah the Surrogate
democracyarsenal.org —
... before
accepting his invitation to serve as VP, and apparently she only did her first interview
with him last Wednesday. On policy, this knowledge gap is most apparent when it
comes to foreign policy, where on Iraq she said that her focus on state
government has meant that she hasn't ...
What Does Sarah Palin's Selection Tell Us About John McCain's Readiness To Lead?
DownWithTyranny! —
... I so do not want to write any more about McCain's reckless choice of a completely unvetted-- unless getting the thumbs up from religious fanatics is your idea of serious vetting-- candidate for a possible next president of the United States. I'm sure you've already read how she and her husband have been members of a ...
