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Eschaton — Couldn't have happened to nicer guys. DENVER -- Though it was high in shock value, the Palin pick left bruised feelings among the short-list contenders who were not picked -- and infuriated some Republican officials who privately said McCain had gone out on a limb, unnecessarily, without laying the groundwork for such an unknown. Two senior Republican officials close to Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty said they had both been rudely strung along and now "feel manipulated." "They now know that they were used as decoys, well after McCain had decided not to ...

Sarah Palin: Let's Shatter the Glass Ceiling that Hillary Cracked (Video)
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McNuts picks cunt as VP
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... prepared to take my place" and that his selection would be someone "who is ready to take my place at a moment's -- you know, immediately, pie plates bran muffins diaperrash." Fun fact 2: she hasn't even been in office two years. Bonus: she's already under investigation. Updates: Paul Begala wonders "Is McCain out of his mind???" Andrew Sullivan: Palin is McInsane's "Harriet Miers." The WaComPo reports that Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty are pissed. LOL

ABC: McCain decided on Palin … last night
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... privately for a couple of hours. McCain concluded she would “shake up the system” and was “a maverick,” qualities he believed Lieberman would have brought to the ticket. But she also would appeal to conservatives–which Lieberman most certainly would not have done. After their meeting, McCain concluded he was comfortable with his choice. He notified Pawlenty this morning that he was going a different direction. This puts the lie, at least, to the claim that Pawlenty and Romney were nothing more than decoys all along. I’m a little leery of the fact that they ...

So Far McCain's First Executive Decision Is Going Over Like A Lead Balloon-- What A Contrast With Obama's Choice Of Biden!
DownWithTyranny! — ... And last but not least, is the fractured GOP hierarchy. It will take a few days-- or at least hours-- before we find out how angry Rove is about this choice and how vulnerable GOP members of Congress think it could impact their own races. But already, the Washington Post claims that the Pawlenty and Romney camps are fuming, feeling like they were made to look foolish and then humiliated as props in McCain's self-centered and irresponsible media hype. "Two senior Republican officials close to Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty said they had both been rudely strung along and now ...

Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... on the Palin pick: "It seems so transparently cynical, so deeply poll-driven and focus-grouped, and so manifestly just a bone to the wingnut pro-life base and the 8 PUMA holdouts, that I really can't treat this pick seriously." * For months, Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty have worked their asses off for the McCain campaign, traveling, speaking, doing interviews, and launching attacks. Palin, meanwhile, didn't do much of anything to help the McCain campaign. As of today, Romney and Pawlenty are ...

What Kind Of Vetting Process Did McCain Use?
Crooks and Liars — ... As far as I can tell, the only people excited about McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin for the Vice Presidency are the Religious Rights and those paid to cheerlead anything Republicans do, like Sean Hannity.  Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty feel used and abused.  Conservatives like ...

Fuck you, Howard Wolfson
Bitch. Ph.D. — ... the Clinton Communications Director who was always appearing on television in an ugly sweater? Well, after the campaign was over, he joined Fox News, as a commentator. That you probably knew. What you didn't know is that Wolfson apparently is still trying to get in digs at Obama's expense, despite the fact that the primaries are over and his own former boss has come out in full-throated, and I believe, genuine, support of Obama. Take, for example, Wolfson on McCain's Palin pick: But Howard Wolfson, the former Clinton communications director, ...

Judgment, Experience, Honor, Country: McCain’s Epic Palin Fail
Firedoglake — ... cancer survivor. Respect your own service to our country and those who've chosen public service alongside you: pick a candidate whose public experience summary needn't highlight her PTA service. Honor the women, if you want to run with one, whose public service does not prominently feature a current public integrity investigation. Maybe choose based on more than one phone call? Choose honorably: respect those who stood in battle with you, tested you and made you a better candidate for the ...