"At the least, Republicans close to the campaign said it was increasingly apparent that Ms. Palin had been selected as Mr. McCain’s running mate with more haste than McCain advisers initially described.As one blogger noted--what a maverick! Can't even choose his preferred VP candidate.
Up until midweek last week, some 48 to 72 hours before Mr. McCain introduced Ms. Palin at a Friday rally in Dayton, Ohio, Mr. McCain was still holding out the hope that he could choose a good friend, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, a Republican close to the campaign said. Mr. McCain had also been interested in another favorite, former Gov. Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania."
September 2, 2008
More on the vetting
A good article from the Times on McCain's vetting (or not) of Palin:
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The comparison in their first "Presidential" decisions could not be more stark. You do not want your VP choice all over the news for problems. Can anyone say Geraldine Ferraro?
Even if most of these allegations are eventually proven to be unfounded, the populace at large is getting the feeling that the McCain campaign was overly hasty and this decision was not thought out.
It will take a lot of money to counter that impression in the next two months.
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