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Extracontinental Dark Horse Enters the GOP Veepstakes

In the wake of John McCain's ostensibly social Memorial Day barbecue, where attendees included a handful of reputed Vice Presidential short listers (Mitt Romney, Bobby Jindal, Charlie Crist et al), an interesting name from further afield may have just been added to the mix.

A tipster sent us word that John McCain's VP advance man Arthur Culvahouse has been spotted in Juneau, Alaska. There's only one reason he would be there - to meet with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin about the Vice President position.
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Thomas Cheplick at The American Spectator makes the case that she's probably the only VP cadidate who can balance the ticket against Obama. She's also a potential magnet for disaffected Hillary Clinton voters, many of whom are just looking for a reason not to vote for Obama.

Fred Barnes identified Palin as the most popular Governor and with approval ratings in the 80s and 90s, she might just be the most popular statewide official in the country.  What's more, at just 44 years old, she's one of the many possible picks younger than Barack Obama who features a more substantive CV than the presumptive Democratic nominee.

As a lily gilder, she's fighting the federal government on the doltish decision to list the growing polar bear population as a "threatened" one.

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Extracontinental Dark Horse Enters the GOP Veepstakes

In the wake of John McCain's ostensibly social Memorial Day barbecue, where attendees included a handful of reputed Vice Presidential short listers (Mitt Romney, Bobby Jindal, Charlie Crist et al), an interesting name from further afield may have just been added to the mix.

A tipster sent us word that John McCain's VP advance man Arthur Culvahouse has been spotted in Juneau, Alaska. There's only one reason he would be there - to meet with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin about the Vice President position.
...
Thomas Cheplick at The American Spectator makes the case that she's probably the only VP cadidate who can balance the ticket against Obama. She's also a potential magnet for disaffected Hillary Clinton voters, many of whom are just looking for a reason not to vote for Obama.

Fred Barnes identified Palin as the most popular Governor and with approval ratings in the 80s and 90s, she might just be the most popular statewide official in the country.  What's more, at just 44 years old, she's one of the many possible picks younger than Barack Obama who features a more substantive CV than the presumptive Democratic nominee.

As a lily gilder, she's fighting the federal government on the doltish decision to list the growing polar bear population as a "threatened" one.