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pan6467 · 08-29-2008, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Willravel

Looks like it's going to be Tim Pawlenty, so start practicing the proper pronouncing of "Pawlenty".

Not happening. Sounds like it's Palin of Alaska. McCain and the GOP powers are wise to put a female there. Of course, it is to be announced in Ohio today..... still time for Voinivich.

And that plane from Anchorage could have been anyone. It's kind of really shooting in the dark to assume it was Palin.

Pawlenty indicates he's not McCain's veep choice - Yahoo! News

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DENVER – John McCain kept his vice presidential pick a closely guarded secret hours before the high-stakes announcement Friday as a top prospect, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, seemed to scratch his name from the list.

"I'm not going to be there. I plan to be at the state fair. You can draw your conclusion from that," Pawlenty said on his weekly call-in radio show on WCCO-AM in Minneapolis. He also called it "a fair assumption" that he will not be McCain's running mate.

Associates close to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney were saying the same thing, telling The Associated Press that the former presidential candidate had not been offered the job by McCain.

As the political community turned desperate for any clues, speculation moved toward several darkhorse candidates including Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the so-called "hockey mom" credited with reforms of her out-of-the-way state.

A Gulfstream IV from Anchorage, Alaska, flew into Middletown Regional Airport in Butler County near Cincinnati about 10:15 p.m. Thursday, said Rich Bevis, airport manager. He said several people came off the plane, including a woman and two teens, but there was no confirmation of who was aboard.

"They were pretty much hustled off. They came right down the ramp, jumped in some vans here and off they went," Bevis said. "It was all hush, hush."

Among the other possibilities: former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and former Rep. Rob Portman of Ohio.

The Arizona senator decided on his choice for vice president early Thursday, but the campaign has given no hint on his selection that will be announced on his 72nd birthday. The speculation sent a buzz throughout Denver, where Democratic nominee Barack Obama accepted his party's nomination and put Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware on his ticket.

Jill Hazelbaker, McCain's communications director, gave nothing away during an interview on CBS' "The Early Show."

"John McCain is going to make the choice from his heart. He's going to choose someone who can be a partner in governing. He's going to choose someone who brings character and principle to the table and who shares his priorities. And I'm confident that he's going to make a great pick," Hazelbaker said.

Republicans kick off their national nominating convention next week in St. Paul, Minn., and McCain's campaign hopes the announcement of his running mate will stunt any momentum that Democratic rival Barack Obama might get from the just concluded Democratic National Convention.

McCain was mum on the subject Thursday as he and his wife, Cindy, boarded a plane in Phoenix bound for Dayton.

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Governor Palin with Alaska's At-large U.S. Representative Don Young

OOOOO what a hotty...... McCain is definitely getting the 18-25 yr old male vote there.......and the prepubescent males.... if they could vote. lol

This would definitely get some of the Hillary voters.

Of course Wiki says this:

Sarah Palin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Palin has been rumored as a candidate for the vice-presidency with Republican presumptive nominee Senator John McCain in the 2008 election.[55][56] The rumor was interesting due to her gender, youth, background in government reform, pro-life stance, fiscal and social conservatism, and an approval rating in Alaska generally in the range of 80 to 90 percent. And, Palin is supported by a community of online groups.[57][57][58][59][60][61]

On August 29, 2008, Fox News Channel's 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 Senator Joseph Biden to Springfield, Illinois, for Barack Obama's announcement. [62]. An employee of a fixed base operator at Hook Field Municipal Airport was reported as saying the jet had a woman, two teenagers and two men on board and that a couple of white vans met the plane, gathered their gear and took the party to an undisclosed location.[63] However, ABC News subsequently reported that Palin was at home in Anchorage and had no plans to travel to Ohio on the 29th.[64]