governor of alaska

McCain - PALIN

{Update: Unconfirmed reports have Sarah Palin STILL in Alaska, which means she is not the pick, and now attention is being shifted to Meg Whitman!!} Both Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty have reportedly given word they are no longer in consideration and rumors are circulating that a private charter jet was sent to Alaska to pick up Governor Sarah Palin and her family. If this is true, it is a great choice and a McCain - Palin ticket sounds great for 2008. read

Pawlenty not McCain’s VP pick!?!  Sarah Palin boards plane in Alaska headed to Dayton.

The Minnesota Gov. is quoted as saying he plans to be at the State Fair in St. Paul, not in Dayton and, "[y]ou can draw your conclusions from that."Gov. Tim Pawlenty told WCCO radio this morning that he is going to the State Fair and not to Dayton, Ohio, where Republican Sen. John McCain is to announce his choice for vice president at 11 a.m. “I plan to be at the State Fair,” he said. “You can draw your conclusions from that.” CNN is reporting that a plane left from Anchorage, AK., carryin read

What Would an Obama Win Mean for States?

By Pamela M. Prah and Stephen C. Fehr Staff Writers Stateline.org If elected president, Democrat Barack Obama promises closer ties with states and an infusion of federal dollars that states could use to expand health care, create “green” jobs and fix the country’s crumbling roads and bridges. Only four years after he left the Illinois Senate for the U.S. Senate, Obama formally accepted the presidential nomination Aug. 28 at the Democratic National Convention. If he were to defeat Republi read

Veepstakes: Romney, Pawlenty Fade; New Focus on Palin

Elizabeth Holmes reports from Dayton, Ohio on the presidential race. Who will be in Dayton, Ohio, with John McCain when he announces his running mate later today? Apparently not two men long considered to be front-runners for the job, suggesting it could be a surprise choice. A source very close to Mitt Romney tells Washington Wire that the former governor of Massachusetts had no plans to be in Ohio today. Rather, the former opponent of McCain’s will be traveling from California to his home read

OK, just one last McCain VP speculation thread

Supposedly MSNBC has confirmed that Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will not be John McCain's running mate. Several bloggers have noted that at least one plane was chartered from Alaska to Ohio, which would suggested he is going with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. That seems like a desperate choice to me. McCain is over 70 and a cancer survivor whose main argument against Obama is that he is not "ready to lead." So then he chooses someone who not only hasn't finished a single term as governor, b read