google.com — McCain campaign *started* looking at Sarah Palin on Aug 17th. By Aug 24th after getting news of Biden selection, they dropped Gov. Pawlenty (see his graph http://tinyurl.com/Pawlenty ) decided to take advantage of Clinton backers and heightened their efforts. See the nice Google insight graph.
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ridgeliner7Sep 3, 2008
There isn't anything mysterious or different about how Palin was selected. She was selected for the exact same reasons Biden was selected by Obama. I like how simple, everyday matters like this are whipped up into something hacks and media morons think has substance. After all the millions of words, it is still nothing but whipped air...with all of its tangible substance.
cointelproagentSep 3, 2008
Buried - inaccurate.