Monday, September 8, 2008

MCCAIN'S VETTING PROCESS

Tim Pawlenty was the first runner up for Vice President pick. There were orginally 20 names vetted. It was soon pared down to six, then two,and finally Palin.

The four other finalists were Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and U S Senator Joseph Lieberman, a Democrat turned Independent fron Conneticut.

According to the Post, relying on unnamed sources, Palin disclosed her seventeen year old daughter's pregnancy the day before McCain offered her the VP post.

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