Sara Palin may also suspend her campaign

[maddezmom]

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Sarah Palin may also suspend her campaign, matching running mate John McCain’s announcement that he would cease campaigning for president to return to Washington to try to hammer out a fix for the nation’s financial meltdown.

As the governor of Alaska, Palin cannot participate in the high-level federal government deliberations on the economy that McCain gave as his reason for suspending his campaign.

Yet, after McCain’s dramatic announcement, his campaign chief Steve Schmidt suggested Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, would also suspend her campaign.

“We're going to take the ads down. They won't be traveling. There won’t be rallies,” Schmidt said when asked about Palin’s campaign, according to a rough transcription provided to reporters.

~snip~

Asked about Schmidt’s comment, given Palin’s inability to participate in congressional deliberations, spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt told reporters on a Wednesday evening conference call “We are part of the McCain-Palin campaign. It is one ticket.”

But she demurred when asked specifically whether Palin, too, would be suspending her campaign.

“I think Sen. McCain was clear about what it meant that he was suspending his campaign,” Schmitt said, “So, if we have any announcements, any updates about her schedule, we will certainly let you know.”

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[liberalmuse]

1. When has it NOT been suspended?

I find this hilarious.

[colorado thinker]

3. Me too

"I'll be gettin back to ya on that VP thing"

[SharonAnn]

28. They can save a lot of money and use it later. They're under a restricted budget.

[MichaelHarris]

2. suspend what?

she ain't talking to no one. Maybe she meant she was suspending witch huntin'

[Old and In the Way]

4. When did it start?

This cupcake hasn't been exposed to any questions from anyone not part of the Sarah Palin cult. As far as I know, she's yet to start campaigning. Reading a teleprompter in front of adoring fans don't count.

[Booster]

5. What worries me is that they know they are going to steal it, so

why make a fool out of yourself in front of millions of people.

[intheflow]

29. That's it in a nutshell. n/t

[oldtime dfl_er]

6. In what respect, Charlie??

:spank:

[Historic NY]

7. Its interesting because the polls are against them....even with this stunt..

are we to ASSume this is putting country first. Are they capitulating?

[PA Democrat]

8. Huh? This is getting more bizarre by the minute.

Are they afraid to let Palin campaign on her own? Is she observing a period of mourning for their dead campaign? Is she trying to grab more time to "cram" for her big test (next week's debate)? Have Palin and McCain been surgically joined at the hip?

[napi21]

9. Has she BEEN campaigning? I thought she was still in that glass bubble!

Really...all I've seen or heard of Sarah in the last week was the media forbidden to tape her meetings with all those "world leaders" and OH, GOD FORBID let a reporter ask her someting! She's refusing to speak about trooper gate. She won't hold a Press Conference.

If she actually suspended campaigning, would we even notice????

[stillcool]

10. will anyone notice?

[tanyev]

11. How will we be able to tell?

[elocs]

12. Yeah, better suspend the campaign while the 2 economic geniuses figure which way is up.

How could the country go on without their supreme guidance in our times of economic trouble?

[dweller]

13. like she has a choice in the matter?

i dunno, sorta like telling my boss who's shut down the company yesterday, i guess i'll stay at home today?

or my bank has shutdown, i guess i'll close my account soon . . .

you're on his ticket Sarah, take the powder. When he loses in Nov, you do too.
dp

[Raschel]

14. Weird

These two are just bizarre.

[MichiganVote]

15. Awww...sorry Pope, you won;t get to meet her.

[yellowcanine]

16. This is almost as weird as Perot's stunt in 1992 - when he pulled out of the race and then got back

in after a while. But I have never heard of a major party nominee suspending their campaign. McCain is toast.

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. That might be the plan.

They do have a track record of flip-flopping.

[NV Whino]

17. Why? Is she going to have another baby?

[mwb970]

18. These people are crazy. Just plumb crazy.

I've never seen anything like this insane McCain campaign. Someone on MSNBC compared it to an explosion in a fireworks factory. I think that's about right.

[Tallison]

19. This is ALL so they can cancel her debate with Biden

Pure and transparent. Brian Williams announced McPalin wants to reschedule Friday's POTUS debate for Oct 2, and postpone the VP debate indefinitely.

:grr:

[martha3131]

21. Joe " Stand Up Chuck" Biden will destroy Sarah in a debate

Joe " Stand Up Chuck" Biden will destroy Sarah in a
debate because he is one sharp bird.

[Tallison]

24. McPalin know this - Palin is devoid of spontaneous thought

on issues because she's so profoundly ignorant of them. You saw the gears in her head grind to a halt when Couric pressed her on McCain's relationship with Rick Davis? It was excruciating moment for for the campaign, and that was just the interview's teaser. I'm googling furiously for more copy that's picking up on McPalin's weasly scheme to cancel the VP debate.

[undeterred]

22. Are they going to ask Bush to declare martial law and hand McCain the presidency

since he can't possibly win it or rig it?

[IndianaGreen]

23. I didn't know that Palin was a member of Congress!

What will be her contribution to the debate? Shooting another moose?

[Tutankhamun]

25. Anything to keep Miss fascist figurehead USA

out of the debates. Keeping MCain out is another republicon bonus. Of course, the GOP also wants to crash the government completely. Then they can say, "Look at Obama. He was campaigning while the economy crashed! He doesn't care about the economy; he just wants to be president!"

We all know that McCain is the one who doesn't care (or understand) about the economy and just wants to be President. Republican playbook 101 -- accuse the other side of doing whatever heinous thing your side is doing.

The GOP priority now is to completely crash the economy before the election and blame Obama. Bush's pre-Iraq war style fear mongering speech tonight was definitely intended to push us into panic, forcing the passage of his huge corporate socialist giveaway, bringing the Bushco Cabal "Take Down America" plan to fruition.

[bobthedrummer]

26. "Alaska Rep. Accuses McCain-Palin Campaign Of Witness Tampering" by Jason Leopold

(9-24-2008 The Public Record.org)
http://www.pubrecord.org/politics/346-alaska-rep-accuses-mccain-palin-campaign-of-witness-tampering.html

Related active GD thread
"2 daughters of Alaska, Susan Lindauer & Sarah Palin: a real spooky politicized conspiracy thread" (started 9-21-2008)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4052105

[Frisbee]

27. I thought...

they were attached at the hip anyway.

[Demeter]

30. There Is a Goddess, and She Is Not a Happy One!

[quiet.american]

31. This whole thing sheds new light on why Palin started cancelling gigs last week.nt

[CalJen]

32. Maybe someone finally told her what exactly it is that the VP does every day

...that is, to follow the president's footsteps, even if they don't make sense....

[Courtesy Flush]

33. She was campaigning?

[classysassy]

34. Sarah"Moose Mama"Palin

Can America afford to have her as veep?

[stubtoe]

35. That sound we hear ...

is the other shoe dropping.

[Midlodemocrat]

36. How will we be able to tell?