Reply #32: I agree with your statement that VP candidates typically... [View All]

[tex-wyo-dem]

get down in the dirt more than the POTUS candidate, but it doesn't sound like McCain had much control over the "maverick" Palin, not to mention, rarely spoke with her -- from the same article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/obama-we-cant-solve-globa_n_141358.html

-- McCain himself rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign and aides kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

-- Palin launched her attack on Obama's association with William Ayers, the former Weather Underground bomber, before the campaign had finalized a plan to raise the issue. McCain's advisers were working on a strategy that they hoped to unveil the following week, but McCain had not signed off on it, and top adviser Mark Salter was resisting.