McCain Campaign Sends A Dozen Communications Operatives, Lawyers To Alaska

[RamboLiberal]

Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr., the lawyer who conducted the review, told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that Palin underwent a "full and complete" examination before McCain chose her. Asked whether everything that came up as a possible red flag during the review already has been made public, Culvahouse said: "I think so. Yeah, I think so. Correct."

Stoking the notion of a rushed examination, a timeline issued by the campaign indicated that McCain initially met Palin in February, then held one phone conversation with her last week before inviting her to Arizona, where he met with her a second time and offered her the job.

Raising additional questions was the campaign's disclosure Monday that Palin's unmarried 17-year-old daughter was pregnant, and reports that Palin's husband, Todd, had been arrested in 1986, when he was 22, for driving under the influence of alcohol.

McCain's campaign has dispatched a team of a dozen communications operatives and lawyers to Alaska.

Steve Schmidt, a senior adviser, said the campaign always planned to send a "jump team" to the eventual running mate's home state to work with the nominee's staff, help with information requests from local and national reporters, and answer questions about documents that were part of the review.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/01/mccain-campaign-sends-a-d_n_123063.html

Sure you planned to send a "jump team". Where's Obama's "jump team" in Delaware?

[peacebird]

1. "jump team" = oops...

[Tanuki]

2. will this include computer experts to scrub all the hard drives? n/t

[Median Democrat]

3. CNN Reports That McCain Campaign Has Sent A Second Vetting Team to Alaska After The Fact

Wow, I have to say the prospect of a President McCain is just scary with these knee jerk decisions.