AP, Tuesday mid-night;
Heat is on Palin, McCain
The McCain campaign is on the defensive after the latest disclosures from Sarah Palin.
"I really hope McCain did his homework," said David Frum, a former speechwriter for President Bush. "I cannot stifle a growing sense of unease that he didn't."
A former McCain advisor, Mike Murphy, said Monday that it remained an open question whether "the running mate in a good or bad way becomes a window into the skills of the nominee."
Most dangerous of all, McCain's team does not seem to know what new development, if any, might grab the public's attention.
One Republican strategist with close ties to the campaign described the candidate's closest supporters as "keeping their fingers crossed" in hopes that additional information does not force McCain to revisit the decision. According to this Republican, who would discuss internal campaign strategizing only on condition of anonymity, the McCain team used little more than a Google Internet search as part of a rushed effort to review Palin's potential pitfalls. Just over a week ago, Palin was not on McCain's short list of potential running mates, the Republican said....
...Although grass-roots Republicans remain protective of Palin, the campaign has clearly moved from celebratory mode into a full defensive posture.
Meanwhile, the NY Post Daily News (Murdoch's) is in full blather, with photos, about the out-of-wedlock new father...
I suspect that if this dominates the news for another full cycle the same GOP operatives who convinced McCain to give up Ridge or Lieberman will press him to throw Palin under the bus.
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