Palin was one of two finalists in the vice presidential sweepstakes who were interviewed last week by former White House counsel Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr., just days before McCain introduced her to the nation as his choice. The other finalist was Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. One of the officials said Culvahouse was chasing down last-minute information about Pawlenty at the request of the campaign as late as last Thursday, the day McCain offered the job to Palin and she accepted.
The new details of the selection process provide a fuller picture of how and when McCain made his decision. Despite the late interview of the little-known Palin, senior McCain advisers said Tuesday night that she was chosen only after a lengthy and deliberative process that included the same background investigation given to others on McCain's shortlist and considerable debate among the candidate's inner circle about all his choices.
McCain did not speak face to face with Palin until Thursday morning, at his retreat in Sedona, Ariz. He also talked to her by telephone the previous Sunday. 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 familiar personally with the person he finally chose.
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- aswift1
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It took him several months to come up with this choice. There too many substantive issues for any one to bring up the daughter. That's mud slinging and I won't be a part of it. However there is the bridge to nowhere, trooper gate, and earmarks of 27 million dollars to her town (pop. 6700). Oh, and her part in corporate fund raising for Sen. Stevens who is currently under investigation for bribery. If this is an example of Sen. McCain's ability to choose a V.P., what are we to expect in choosing cabinet, agency heads, judges and so forth?
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- bluestranger
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they are all airing thier dirty laundry. and so what if thta girl is gonna have a baby. should we all send her a gift.
peace & love to you all -
At appears, more and more, that McCain's people didn't look into Palin's past more thoroughly because they didn't know she was a solid contender as McCain's running mate.
It sounds like a Rove-like decision to steal Obama's thunder, romancing Hillary supporters and the fundamentalist Christian voters, that McCain hastily agreed to.
Now, his camp will pay for such a poorly conceived rush job.
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I just find it amazing that McCain narrowed his list of 21 hopefuls down to Sarah Palin... Can you imagine what the other 20 were like!
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What is interesting is how quickly they are all trying to run away and dodge blame... it sounds like the maverick made the decision pretty unilaterally.
There will be more of those quick unilateral decisions to come if he is elected... some of which will involve war
