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John McCain Selects Alaska Governor Sarah Palin As Vice Presidential Running MateARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain today announced that he has selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate and to serve as his vice president. Governor Palin is a tough executive who has demonstrated during her time in office that she is ready to be president. She has brought Republicans and Democrats together within her Administration and has a record of delivering on the change and reform that we need in Washington. Governor Palin has challenged the influence of the big oil companies while fighting...

McCain Picks Palin Washington Post, United States - 33 minutes ago DENVER -- John McCain has selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, according to the McCain campaign, a surprise pick

"When we first heard, it was kind of confusing," Palin, 44, said. She called the revelation "very, very challenging" and said she initially felt sad. But the family has worked through that. Palin said she and Todd feel blessed and chosen by God. With a big family including four older kids, grandparents, aunts and uncles, Palin said, they will have lots of support for what's ahead. In their eyes, she said, "he's absolutely perfect." --- In a letter she e-mailed to relatives and close friends Friday after giving birth, Palin wrote, "Many people will express sympathy, but you don't want...

Is Sarah Palin, the ardently pro-life Governor of Alaska, set to become the Republican Vice Presidential nominee? This would present an opportunity for all those wanna be history makers to vote for something historic without handing the reigns to Barack Stalin Obama. Palin is enormously popular in her home state and among conservatives of all stripes. She has only been governor for two years but that is more qualification than the dog catcher from Illinois has. Is this potential veep pick a game changer? We shall see. Stay tuned! CMR wrote a story on the recent birth of Palin's fifth...

CNN's talking head has twice suggested that Gov Palin will either be neglecting her children if she is VP or won't be able to do the VP job because of her children. He especially focused on the Down's Syndrome child because of the child's special needs.

Sarah Palin Will Be McCain Running Mate

Carl Cameron saying from Dayton...it is a done deal for Sarah Palin for VP

We are pleased to launch the John McCain-Sarah Palin 2008 web site! Sarah Palin is currently the Governor of Alaska and assumed office in 2006. She is also the first female governor of Alaska. We are confident Sarah Palin will make an excellent Vice Presidential candidate with John McCain and we congratulate her on her impeccable record of public service!

Did a search but FR slow. Mods please remove if Live thread already started.

Few have been more critical of Sen. McCain than I, both here and on my radio show. And I have long said on my radio show that his selection of a running-mate will be key in determining my enthusiasm for his candidacy. If McCain has, in fact, chosen Gov. Palin, then count me in with both feet. It would be a terrific choice. Palin is by all accounts a principled conservative and government reformer who can contribute mightily to the decision-making that occurs in the White House. She has more executive experience in her two years as governor than Obama,...

On Friday, August 29, Fox & Friends reported that Palin's family departed hastily from Anchorage, Alaska aboard a Gulfstream jet that landed near Dayton, Ohio, site of McCain's planned vice presidential announcement. They cited the website Change&Experience.com, which also had correctly leaked travel details for Sen. Joseph Biden to Springfield, Illinois for Barack Obama's announcement.

Important Update from Rev. Rob Schenck, VIP Guest of the John McCain Campaign as VP Announcement is Made Today Contact: Peggy Birchfield, 202-546-8329, ext 103; Rev. Rob Schenck, 703-447-7686 mobile; both with National Clergy Council DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- President of the conservative and pro-life National Clergy Council, Rev. Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK), will be a VIP guest at John McCain's campaign announcement today in Dayton Ohio when he will name his Vice Presidential running mate. Mr. Schenck, who just returned from the Democratic National Convention, was told this morning by confidential sources that Senator McCain has...

Is it Sarah Palin for Vice President? It is beginning to look like the Alaskan Governor has re-emerged as a serious candidate to be John McCain's running mate. If this is the case, there are some risks involved of course, but there is a big upside to this pick. A: Energy: Sarah Palin is right on the energy issues. When you are the governor of Alaska, that's a big deal. She is way ahead of Obama, Biden and in fact McCain on this issue. She also wants to take McCain to ANWR and show him how ugly the area is...

CNBC's John Harwood is saying a GOP strategist told him it's PALIN!!!! Turn on CNBC now!!!!

<p>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?</p>

Will Democrats really attack Palin's experience? Obama's campaign has been about giving up big money and the corporate world to help people. Palin has done this in her community, fighting for the people, reducing taxes, reducing her own salary, and fighting unethical people in her own party. She has been working on behalf of people for 16 years (as opposed to someone who only talks about helping people.) She has big and small government executive leadership. And she will be the only person of the 4 who has executive experience. And now a comparison of their political resumes: Sarah Palin...

Rumors are flying this morning from CNN that a private plane from Alaska landed in Ohio overnight, fueling rumors that Sarah Palin may indeed be John McCain's Vice Presidential Pick. Palin, an extremely popular Governor of Alaska has long been my personal choice for Palin. Palin will represent a tremendous problem for Obama considering ...

Based on a couple of key pieces of evidence uncovered by others (h/t to Truthseeker at Draft Sarah Palin), it appears nearly certain that John McCain is set to announce Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. This evidence has also been noted by Kathryn Jean Lopez at the Corner and in a few posts here on FR, although I have not seen both pieces noted together.So what's this evidence? Flight tracking information from two separate chartered flights.One of these flights started in Anchorage and flew nonstop to Hook Field Municipal Airport (MWO) in Middletown, Ohio, less than 30...

Today is the day, 11 a.m. Eastern..who will it be?

A Gulfstream G4 supposedly carrying Gov. Sarah Palin from Alaska. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N222GY N222GY (registration) (photos) GYPSY TWO LLC KIRKLAND WA Aircraft Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream IV (twin-jet) (GLF4/Q) Origin Anchorage Intl (PANC) Destination Hook Field Muni (KMWO) Date Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 Duration 5 hours 53 minutes Status Arrived over 4 hours ago (track log) Scheduled Actual/Estimated Departure 12:14PM YDT 12:14PM YDT Arrival 10:18PM EDT 10:07PM EDT Speed Altitude Unspecified