THE story of Sarah Palin gets more bizarre by the hour and it now seems obvious that the McCain campaign did a horrible job of vetting his running mate. Beyond the pregnant daughter, we have stories today about her loose association with the secession-minded Alaskan Independence Party, her hiring of a private lawyer in a state ethics investigation, her initial support for the "bridge to nowhere" , her history as director of Ted Stevens' 527 group , and her own crazy pastor . Is this really how the McCain campaign wanted to roll out their VP candidate, or were they simply unprepared for all that has followed the announcement? It certainly seems like the latter, and apparently the real vetting is only now beginning . The New York Times reports Aides to Mr. McCain said they had a team on the ground in Alaska now to look more thoroughly into Ms. Palin’s background. A Republican with ties to the campaign said the team assigned to vet Ms. Palin in Alaska had not arrived there until Thursday, a day before Mr. McCain stunned the political world with his vice-presidential choice. The campaign was still calling Republican operatives as late as Sunday night asking them to go to Alaska to deal with the unexpected candidacy of Ms. Palin. According to the Times , up until last week Mr McCain still hoped to pick Joe Lieberman or Tom Ridge as his running mate. But the reaction of the Christian right to the possibility of pro-choice candidate ...
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