Thursday, September 04, 2008

How McCain Choose Palin

Jan Crawford Greenburg writes Timing...Is Everything.

"Following up here on what I posted last night, Dan Balz has a fascinating piece in today’s Washington Post with more details about how Sarah Palin skyrocketed to the top of McCain’s short list over Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and others. As I wrote last night, there’s a lot to puzzle over, and Balz provides a bunch of new clues—and some incredible information about the frenzied rush of vetting in the final hours before McCain introduced his VP choice to the nation.

Balz’ piece squares neatly with what I’ve heard and reported from multiple sources: That Palin suddenly emerged as a serious prospect—and triggered a flurry of 11th-hour vetting--after John McCain reluctantly and unhappily concluded last week that he could not tap his old friend Joe Lieberman, an Independent Democrat."

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