On Wednesday, Palin and her longtime political aide, Kris Perry, flew from Alaska to Flagstaff, Ariz. They were met by Schmidt and Salter at the home of Bob Delgado, chief executive officer of the Hensley Corp., the family business owned by Cindy McCain.
On Thursday morning, Palin and Perry met with McCain and his wife, who had returned overnight from a trip to the country of Georgia, at their family’s retreat in Sedona, Ariz. About 11 a.m., as they sat on a deck on the same day that Obama was to accept his own party’s nomination, McCain formally invited Palin to join him on the GOP ticket.
Even her kids were in the dark about it. See article.
It was fun to see the flight logs on FR on Thursday evening and realize well before some of those closest to her that this might really happen.
Interesting article. Thanks for posting it.
The total lack of leaks from the McCain Campaign shows a discipline which would make for a very well-run administration. Contrast this with the Obama fiasco, wherein Biden’s name was leaked 2 days prior and the press confirmed it 5 hours before Obama’s text message was sent.
But FReepers weren’t in the dark. Several of us had a very good idea of what was up early Friday morning. IMNHO FReeper Darth Gill gets the credit, as do the folks at the draft Sarah Palin website/blog.
Cheers!