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ABC: McCain decided on Palin … last night
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... He was still mumbling about Lieberman as of last weekend, until he did something remarkably uncharacteristic and actually listened to his base. Then he took another look at his stable of what Gingrich describes as Republican “boring white guys” and was left, like so many of us, underwhelmed. And then he let Maverick be Maverick . None of them had what McCain believed he needed to do–and would have done–with Lieberman. McCain wanted to shake up the ticket. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s name in the mix as an unconventional choice for months, but she had not been considered a ...
How McCain Decided on Palin
Weekly Standard Blog —
Fantastic tick-tock from ABC's Jan Crawford Greenburg
It wasn't until Sunday night that John McCain, after meeting with his four top advisers, finally decided he could not tap independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to be his running mate. One adviser, tasked with taking the temperature of the conservative base, had strongly made the case to McCain that it would be a disaster for the party and that the base would revolt. McCain concluded he could not go that route.
The next day, McCain studied the three men at the top of his shortlist: Minnesota ...
The Tears of Holy Joe
Eschaton —
I'm crying with him, actually.
ABC's Jan Crawford Greenburg reports: It wasn't until Sunday night that John McCain, after meeting with his four top advisers, finally decided he could not tap independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to be his running mate. One adviser, tasked with taking the temperature of the conservative base, had strongly made the case to McCain that it would be a disaster for the party and that the base would revolt. McCain concluded he could not go that route.
The next day, McCain studied the three men at the top of his shortlist: ...
Proof Palin was Panic Pick
The Moderate Voice —
... According to ABC News’ Jan Crawford Greenburg, John McCain did not decide on Sarah Palin until last night. His first choice was, indeed, Joe Lieberman. But when told by GOP strategists that the party base would revolt, McCain faced Pawlenty, Ridge and Romney. ...
Art Levine: Sarah Palin: The New Harriet Miers -- or Dan Quayle in Drag?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The decision was fueled by McCain's desire to "shake up the ticket," as ABC reported, so that McCain only met her once and the team had just a few days to vet her thoroughly . But the vetting wasn't thorough enough -- as shown by the ...
Palin wasn't McCain's first choice -- Lieberman was.
INSTAPUTZ —
In case you missed this: ABC's Jan Crawford Greenburg reports: It wasn't until Sunday night that John McCain, after meeting with his four top advisers, finally decided he could not tap independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to be his running mate. One adviser, tasked with taking the temperature of the conservative base, had strongly made the case to McCain that it would be a disaster for the party and that the base would revolt. McCain concluded he could not go that route. So the man McSame thought would make the best vice ...
What Kind Of Vetting Process Did McCain Use?
Crooks and Liars —
... . ABC is reporting that Palin wasn’t even in the running until this week and McCain sent lawyers to Alaska to vet out the Troopergate issue solely. ...
Meltdown
Shakesville —
... McCain evidently didn't know about Palin – and there have been reports that McCain chose her for the ticket after a half-assed vetting, about which even Republicans outside of DC have been grumbling. But even that is predicated on the idea that an out-of-wedlock pregnancy is so scandalous as to warrant preclusion of a related politician on a national ticket. ...
