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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. [234] 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. [235]
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]
Susan E. Nelson, "continued to collect payments from [the Loeffler Group] this year while she was on the McCain-campaign payroll as its fund-raising coordinator" [13] The Loeffler Group is a lobbying firm that has "received $990,000 in lobbying fees and another $3,000 in expenses from the Saudi government". [14] [15]
[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.
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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]
Back in 2008, Sarah Palin dropped by SNL to come face-to-face with Tina Fey’s famous impersonation, just one month before the presidential election where she was John McCain’s running mate ...
John McCain's youngest son, 1st Lt. Jimmy McCain, revealed that he is now a registered Democrat — and plans to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election.