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I'm on a plane waiting to have off for Montana for a much needed head-clearing week along the Flathead River, so I'll make this quick: In nigh of this morning's papers in that location are articles that are questioning exactly how much vetting McCain and company really did on Palin before she was offered the nomination. And the more than questions are asked, the more information technology appears that the answer is: Not A Hell of a Lot.

Leaving aside, for the moment, what it suggests about McCain's judgment if the vetting of Sarah Palin was as minimal as some are suggesting, beneath are some clips from some of this morn'southward pieces:

From the LA Times.

On Mon, the McCain campaign dispatched lawyers to Alaska in a move described equally an effort to manage a growing crowd of journalists who have traveled at that place to audit Palin'south background. But the move raises the impression that the McCain campaign didn't know everything about his No. ii and is at present racing to acquire what it tin while trying to avoid tough questions about the Arizona senator's decision-making process.

"I really promise McCain did his homework," said David Frum, a quondam speechwriter for President Bush. "I cannot stifle a growing sense of unease that he didn't."

[SNIP]

Near unsafe of all, McCain's team does not seem to know what new evolution, if any, might grab the public's attention.

Ane Republican strategist with close ties to the campaign described the candidate'southward closest supporters as "keeping their fingers crossed" in hopes that additional data does not strength McCain to revisit the conclusion. According to this Republican, who would discuss internal entrada strategizing but on condition of anonymity, the McCain team used niggling more than a Google Internet search equally part of a rushed effort to review Palin's potential pitfalls. Just over a week agone, Palin was not on McCain's short list of potential running mates, the Republican said.

[SNIP]

Palin could face questions in on other facets of her past, such as her 1990s membership in the Alaskan Independence Political party, a group that has pushed for more 30 years to requite Alaskans a vote on whether to secede from the union.

Another potentially troublesome story line is Palin's past support for federally funded projects that she at present claims to have opposed — a primal piece of her reformist epitome to which McCain was most attracted.

As mayor of Wasilla, Palin made regular trips to Washington seeking federal aid. The city received $26.nine million in earmarks during her tenure from fiscal year 2000 to 2003, according to the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense, which tracks pork barrel spending.

As The Times reported Monday, Palin has requested 31 earmarks in next year's federal upkeep worth about $197 meg. On Friday, she portrayed herself equally a champion of curbing the "abuses" of earmark spending.

AND some clips from the New York Times

…With time running out — and as Mr. McCain discarded two safer choices, Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and one-time Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, equally too predictable — he turned to Ms. Palin. He had his kickoff face-to-face interview with her on Th and offered her the job moments afterwards. Directorate to Mr. Pawlenty and some other of the finalists on Mr. McCain's list described an intensive vetting process for those candidates that lasted i to two months.

"They didn't seriously consider her until four or five days from the time she was picked, before she was asked, maybe the Th or Friday before," said a Republican close to the campaign. "This was really kind of rushed at the finish, considering John didn't get what he wanted. He wanted to do Joe or Ridge."

[SNIP]

In Alaska, several state leaders and local officials said they knew of no efforts past the McCain entrada to find out more than information about Ms. Palin earlier the announcement of her selection, Although campaigns are typically discreet when they brand inquiries into potential running mates, officials in Alaska said Monday they thought it was peculiar that no i in the state had the slightest hint that Ms. Palin might be under consideration.

"They didn't speak to anyone in the Legislature, they didn't speak to anyone in the business community," said Lyda Green, the Country Senate president, who lives in Wasilla, where Ms. Palin served every bit mayor.

Representative Gail Phillips, a Republican and old speaker of the State House, said the widespread surprise in Alaska when Ms. Palin was named to the ticket made her wonder how intensively the McCain entrada had vetted her.

"I started calling around and asking, and I have not been able to observe one person that was called," Ms. Phillips said. "I called 30 to 40 people, political leaders, business concern leaders, community leaders. Not ane of them had heard. Alaska is a very pocket-size community, we know people all over, just I oasis't plant anybody who was asked annihilation."

The electric current mayor of Wasilla, Dianne M. Keller, said she had not heard of whatever efforts to look into Ms. Palin'due south groundwork. And Randy Ruedrich, the state Republican Party chairman, said he knew zero of any vetting that had been conducted.

State Senator Hollis French, a Democrat who is directing the ideals investigation, said that no one asked him about the allegations. "I heard not a word, not a single contact," he said.

Perchance there was some rigorous vetting process that has yet to be uncovered. Only correct now, this suggests impulsivity. Non deliberative judgment.

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Source: https://witnessla.com/sarah-palin-the-vetting-issueting/

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