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[40] [41] [42] Four days before the convention, Scully was surprised when he was informed that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was to be McCain's running mate. Scully then worked all night to tailor the speech to Palin and also to incorporate new campaign strategy shifts that were being rapidly formed in intensive discussions by McCain campaign staff.
On August 29 (McCain's 72nd birthday), at the Nutter Center of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, McCain's running mate was revealed in a surprise pick as Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. [233] McCain had only talked to her a few times, and the campaign's vetting operation had mostly relied on Internet searches to check her background. [234]
McCain held an event with Alaska governor Sarah Palin, revealing her as his vice presidential running mate on August 29, 2008, a date which coincided both with McCain's 72nd birthday and the Palins' 20th wedding anniversary, [1] [2] at the Ervin J. Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio, the day after Barack Obama's acceptance speech. [3]
According to Jill Hazelbaker, a spokeswoman for McCain, he had previously met Palin at the National Governors Association meeting in Washington in February 2008 and had come away "extraordinarily impressed." [186] Palin was the only prospective running mate who had a face-to-face interview with McCain to discuss joining the ticket that week. [187]
She was also the late Republican Senator John McCain's running mate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Rakoff had wanted a retrial by February 2025, and was taken aback when Axelrod proposed ...
Four years later, he was an independent who was nearly chosen to be Republican John McCain’s running mate, in a surprising twist. However, Mr McCain later chose Sarah Palin after outrage from ...
- 2008: Sarah Palin, Republican John McCain's running mate, and Joe Biden, running with Democrat Barack Obama, clashed on the economy and Iraq during a lively but polite vice presidential debate ...
From January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Republican Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator John McCain of Arizona was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2008 Republican National Convention held from Monday, September 1, through Thursday, September 4, 2008, in Saint Paul ...