Are Obama Staffers Linking Palin to an Aborted VP Pick?
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(Fox News) - The Barack Obama campaign is allegedly urging surrogates to talk about Republicans who are "nervous" about Sarah Palin and link those worries to George McGovern's aborted vice presidential pick of Thomas Eagleton in 1972.
Marc Ambinder at the Atlantic Magazine Online reports members of Obama's staff are using memos, e-mails and phone calls to campaign allies. McGovern dropped Eagleton from the Democratic ticket after learning he had undergone shock-therapy treatment for depression.
The report says that Wednesday Obama staffers distributed a series of quotes from Republicans who are concerned about Palin. One surrogate was told to bring up Eagleton to seed the idea that McCain might consider dropping Palin from the Republican ticket.
An Obama spokesman denies the allegations saying, "We did not give that guidance."
(Fox News) - The Barack Obama campaign is allegedly urging surrogates to talk about Republicans who are "nervous" about Sarah Palin and link those worries to George McGovern's aborted vice presidential pick of Thomas Eagleton in 1972.
Marc Ambinder at the Atlantic Magazine Online reports members of Obama's staff are using memos, e-mails and phone calls to campaign allies. McGovern dropped Eagleton from the Democratic ticket after learning he had undergone shock-therapy treatment for depression.
The report says that Wednesday Obama staffers distributed a series of quotes from Republicans who are concerned about Palin. One surrogate was told to bring up Eagleton to seed the idea that McCain might consider dropping Palin from the Republican ticket.
An Obama spokesman denies the allegations saying, "We did not give that guidance."
posted by BP News Bureau | 10:36 AM
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