Posted by Jed Lewison on Thu Sep 4, 2008 at 9:33 PM Pacific

Fineman: Palin Taking 'Timeout' From Campaign Trail

Update (1:15AM): Prior to Howard Fineman's report, USA Today had reported that the Palin-McCain campaign will campaign together in Wisconsin and Michigan on Friday and in New Mexico and Colorado on Saturday. It'll be interesting to see which (if any) of those states they actually end up going to. It would seem smart for them to make an appearance together before Palin leaves the trail.

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Original post: Forget whether or not Sarah Palin is ready to be president. She's not even ready to be a candidate for vice president!

Howard Fineman reports a top McCain adviser tells him that Palin is going to be taking a "timeout" from the campaign trail through the middle of next week. According to Fineman, Palin will use the time to "begin the education of Sarah Palin." Apparently, the excuse will be that she needs to attend to personal business, including seeing her son off to Iraq.

Fineman says they want to make sure she understands John McCain's positions on issues and the issues she is going to need to deal with as a vice presidential candidate. Most notably, she won't be doing any substantial media interviews until she returns to the trail, which could be at least as late as next Wednesday.

Here's the video:


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Fineman: Palin Taking 'Timeout' From Campaign Trail

Update (1:15AM): Prior to Howard Fineman's report, USA Today had reported that the Palin-McCain campaign will campaign together in Wisconsin and Michigan on Friday and in New Mexico and Colorado on Saturday. It'll be interesting to see which (if any) of those states they actually end up going to. It would seem smart for them to make an appearance together before Palin leaves the trail.

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Original post: Forget whether or not Sarah Palin is ready to be president. She's not even ready to be a candidate for vice president!

Howard Fineman reports a top McCain adviser tells him that Palin is going to be taking a "timeout" from the campaign trail through the middle of next week. According to Fineman, Palin will use the time to "begin the education of Sarah Palin." Apparently, the excuse will be that she needs to attend to personal business, including seeing her son off to Iraq.

Fineman says they want to make sure she understands John McCain's positions on issues and the issues she is going to need to deal with as a vice presidential candidate. Most notably, she won't be doing any substantial media interviews until she returns to the trail, which could be at least as late as next Wednesday.

Here's the video:

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