Why it won't be Palin

[Martinucho]

The McCain camp told its supporters yesterdays to expect a traditional candidate for president.
Palin is far from traditional, being a woman. The tradition is selecting men:

http://beltwayblips.com/story/gop_members_told_to_expect_traditional_pick/

[Alter Ego]

1. Also she's in Alaska and kinda never left.

[Hugabear]

4. Are you sure about that?

I was reading some reports that people had spotted her getting off a plane in Ohio last night.

Besides, even if she were in Alaska, how long would it really take to fly to Ohio?

[JI7]

2. with everything they are doing, wouldn't it be kind of a "let down"

if it was someone like Romney or one of the others that have been regularly talked about.

[still_one]

3. she is anti-abortion, and fits the republican platform philosophy. That is the tradition they mean

[DeSwiss]

5. I think you could be wrong.....

Pawlenty indicates he's not McCain's veep choice

b]By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
17 minutes ago

DENVER- John McCain kept his vice presidential pick a closely guarded secret hours before the high-stakes announcement Friday as a top prospect, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, seemed to scratch his name from the list.

"I'm not going to be there. I plan to be at the state fair. You can draw your conclusion from that," Pawlenty said on his weekly call-in radio show on WCCO-AM in Minneapolis. He also called it "a fair assumption" that he will not be McCain's running mate.

Associates close to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney were saying the same thing, telling The Associated Press that the former presidential candidate had not been offered the job by McCain.

As the political community turned desperate for any clues, speculation moved toward several darkhorse candidates including Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the so-called "hockey mom" credited with reforms of her out-of-the-way state.

A Gulfstream IV from Anchorage, Alaska, flew into Middletown Regional Airport in Butler County near Cincinnati about 10:15 p.m. Thursday, said Rich Bevis, airport manager. He said several people came off the plane, including a woman and two teens, but there was no confirmation of who was aboard.

"They were pretty much hustled off. They came right down the ramp, jumped in some vans here and off they went," Bevis said. "It was all hush, hush."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cvn_mccain_veepstakes">MORE

And she's already proven that she knows how to handle balls in tight situations....


That's Sarah on the right about to take it to the hoop when her
HS teammate passes her the ball after dislocating the knee of
her opponent!

- Tube socks!!!

[rucky]

6. Of course it won't be.