Hey, remember when McCain said he asked Palin for foreign policy advice "many times"?  (I know, why would a foreign policy genius like John McCain ever need advice, right?) Does he rely on her sage counsel for campaign matters as well?

Eh, not so much…

An odd moment on Fox News: Sarah Palin appears to say that she heard about her campaign’s decision to pull out of Michigan only today, despite it being reported far and wide across our great land yesterday.  She seems to suggest she heard about it from the newspapers

"Well, that’s not a surprise because, you know, the polls are showing we’re not doing as well there evidently as we would like to," Palin said. "But I read that this morning also. I fired off a quick email and said `Oh, come on, you know, do we have to? Do we have to call it there?’"

Sargent evenhandedly points out that she would have been pretty deeply ensconced in debate prep yesterday, but it’s still difficult to avoid the impression that McCain views her solely as his presidential meal ticket, not as any kind of serious equal partner.  By way of comparison, can anyone imagine Joe Biden finding out the next day that Obama pulled out of Ohio?

Also worth noting that the Fox anchor refers to Palin as "the Democratic vice-presidential nominee," which is like the kiss of death for a Republican.  On the other hand, maybe McCain made the same mistake and that’s why he didn’t tell her about Michigan!

(h/t Matt Ortega)


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