All the buzz today is that Sarah Palin, Alaska’s governor, will be McCain’s vice president pick. Interesting to see how close she is to him on climate change…
Interesting, also, that the first rumours appeared to have popped up on a pro-Hilary and now pro-McCain website… and [update 1] are now being reported as untrue. With Romney now also said to be out, McCain is doing a masterful job of building up suspense… but [update 2] it’s now confirmed…
Update 3: She doesn’t like polar bears… but she is into creationism.
Update 4:This is what she said before she got offered the job:
[A]s for that V.P. talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the V.P. does every day? I’m used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that V.P .slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we’re trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question.
Oh – and she has a baby with Down’s Syndrome, who she took to work as governor so she could keep breastfeeding:
When we first heard, it was kind of confusing. It was very, very challenging. [But now,] it just feels like he fits perfectly. He is supposed to be here with us.
