Report confirms that the McCain campaign doesn't believe Palin is qualified to be VP

[ProSense]

September 05, 2008

Back to Alaska

Howard Fineman reported tonight (and I heard something similar) that Sarah Palin will, after a brief stretch on the trail, head back to Anchorage and away from the national media.

"They're basically taking Palin back to Alaska," said Fineman, citing a senior McCain campaign official.

Fineman's source (and mine) said she'd spent much of the time between now and the middle of next week (when her son leaves for Iraq) straightening her affairs, tending to her official duties and packing her bags — having departed abruptly for the national stage. She also seems unlikely to do many major media interviews between now and then, and the campaign seems to feel no urgency about putting her on the Sunday shows.

The campaign will "also use the plane time and time on the ground to begin the education of Sarah Palin," Fineman said. "They want to take that pause to train."

edited to fixed title.

[TwilightGardener]

1. And...this worries none of the GOP electorate, because they've already

proven that they can train an idiot to look something almost like a President. It's just a matter of giving her the crash course and the talking points. The only people that seem horrified are Democrats.

[BattyDem]

2. Note to McCain campaign

If you have to take time off to train your VP candidate 60 days before an election, SHE IS NOT QUALIFIED!!!!!!

[AspenRose]

5. That should be a bumper sticker

[qanda]

3. There's a double negative in your title

So it makes it seem like they do believe she's qualified.

[ProSense]

6. Oops.

Thanks, was playing around with the wording.

[Prefer]

4. It's not really about reality to these people

its about loyalty and saving face.

[subterranean]

7. So much for being a "maverick"

They are going to train her to say exactly what they want her to say.

[ProSense]

8. McCain Campaign Plans To Keep Palin Away From The Press

McCain Campaign Plans To Keep Palin Away From The Press

Yesterday, McCain adviser Nicole Wallace dismissed the fact that Gov. Sarah Palin has yet to take any questions from the press. “So what?” she scoffed. Today on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, campaign strategist Rick Davis suggested Palin might never sit down for an interview if, he said, it’s “in our best interest” to keep her away from the media:

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