Maria (the CNBC money lady) speaks very strongly about her interview with Palin before she was selected. Palin knows her stuff Maria says, well versed in energy and over all economic growth. Maria is very impressed, both with her and the positive comments from drivers, others she talked to.
Brokejaw quickly moves the topic to an earlier interview where she asks what the VP does. Gregory and Brokejaw laugh and suggest that interview will certainly be in a Rat add.
I saw the interview with Palin. It is actually a good question. The President defines what the VP does. It could or could not be a meaningful job. Historically, it has mostly been meaningless because the Presidents have not delegated much to the VP.
John Nance Garner spent his entire adult life working his way up to Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and then gave it up to become Vice President to FDR. He later said it was the "worst damn fool mistake I ever made." Garner served in that office from March 4, 1933 to January 20, 1941. Garner once described the office of the vice presidency as being "not worth a bucket of warm piss."[1] [This quote was Bowdlerized for many decades to "not worth a bucket of warm spit" by the media.
I would say that Palin's inquiry/comments showed good judgment and commonsense. She would be giving up the job of governor for VP. If McCain didn't promise here a worthwhile job, she would be a fool to take it. I assume McCain assured her that he would delegate important responsibilities to her.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Mark Sanford, R-S.C. Eric Cantor, R-Va.
Blitzer=>implying the Republicans are so heartless because they don’t cancel their convention [again Blitzz, Minnesota isn’t impacted by Hurricanes]
Sanford “elated and exited,
“all keyed up”
“her track record from challenging the status quo”
“being a good Stewart”