I just got an email from Bill McAlister, a spokesman for Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. I had emailed him early this morning to ask about whether his boss was in Dayton and whether she had been vetted by the McCain campaign. (I had been told two weeks ago that she had not, which was a surprise given early reports that McCain’s vice presidential vetter A.B. Culvahouse had been to Alaska to see her). A Palin spokesman told ABC News that Palin remains in Alaska and intends to go to the Alaska State Fair. McAllister’s entire response: “Not sure what’s up.” That’s not exactly a denial. McAllister is a well-respected newsman from Alaska, hired by Palin this June. I talked to Palin for about twenty minutes two weeks ago, after John McCain, in response to a question, told me that he intended to talk to her about ANWR. We had a good chat, but the way she answered a couple of my questions is interesting in retrospect. I read her McCain’s comments about the possibility that he is reexamining the ANWR issue and she responded as if he already had — suggesting that maybe she had already talked to him about such issues.
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