Palin & McCain: The Dynamic Duo Back Together Again
PHOENIX — Sarah Palin and Sen. John McCain plan to campaign together again.
The Arizona Republican announced Wednesday that the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate will join him in Phoenix on March 26 to help campaign for his re-election to the U.S. Senate.
Palin is scheduled to attend a private fundraising event that evening. The next day, she and McCain will appear together at a public event, likely a rally, according to McCain spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan.
“I’m looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail with my former running mate, and I know my fellow Arizonans will welcome her, as well,” McCain said in a statement. “Sarah energized our nation and remains a leading voice in the Republican Party.”
Since their failed bid for the White House, McCain and Palin have had a couple of public appearances together, including a dinner in Washington. But the March events will mark the first time the pair will be on the campaign trail together since 2008, Buchanan said.
Palin has criticized McCain’s campaign since their loss, saying in her book “Going Rogue” that there was substantial tension between her advisers and McCain’s. She also details how she was prevented from delivering a concession speech in Phoenix on Election Night, and how she’d been kept “bottled up” from reporters during the campaign.
Palin hasn’t criticized McCain himself, and the senator has stood by his decision to choose Palin as his running mate and has staunchly defended her.
Earlier this month, McCain refused to discuss material in “Game Change,” a book that says Palin’s vetting was “hasty and haphazard.”
“I wouldn’t know,” McCain said on NBC’s “Today” show. “The fact is, I’m proud of Sarah Palin and I’m proud of the campaign she waged. She energized our party.”
During the interview, McCain predicted Palin will be a “major player” in GOP affairs.
It is time for all incumbents, including John McCain to sail off into the sunset. Why Palin is supporting his reelection bid eludes me, especially after the post election treatment she got after the failed Presidential campaign.
John McCain is a true american heroe and he would have made a great president. He was the only person running last time who is truly a leader. I would sleep better if he were at the helm but……
There is not a snowball’s chance in hell that he can get elected. In our television age too much age & wisdom turns into a negative. The amazing part is that McCain is the most “center” of the presidential hopefuls. The most “Republicrat” and therefore philisophically in agreement with the largest section of our country, the middle!
I wish presidential elections were held on substance but those days are long gone. It is now about smooth speech giving, physical apperance, the ability to lie with a straight face and the media’s desire to back you. Sadly that means the greatest living american leader can’t get elected president no matter who is willing to stand beside him.