Fox: Pawlenty, Romney out of the running? Palin? More flightaware fun from Marc Ambinder. More. NPR saying it's not Pawlenty or Romney. WSJ: "A source very close to Mitt Romney tells Washington Wire that the former governor of Massachusetts had no plans to be in Ohio today. Rather, the former opponent of McCain’s will be traveling from California to his home in suburban Boston. That person declined to say whether or not Romney had received confirmation that he was not the pick." And this: WSJ: "Update: Gov. Palin’s press secretary, Sharon Leighow, told the Wall Street Journal Friday morning that she had no indication that the governor had left the state, and said the security detail said that, to their knowledge she hadn’t left. Ms. Leighow said Gov. Palin is scheduled to talk to a graduation ceremony in Anchorage at 9:45 a.m. local time, and then to go to the Alaska state fair."

So the only one who has given a hard denial would seem to be Pawlenty?

This interesting too: "As reports circulated on television and cable networks on Friday morning that Senator John McCain might have selected Ms. Palin as his running mate, McCain advisers expressed bewilderment. One adviser said that while Mr. McCain thinks highly of Ms. Palin, who is opposed to abortion rights and would be welcomed by Christian conservatives, her less than two years in office would undercut one of the McCain campaign’s central criticisms of Senator Barack Obama — that he is too inexperienced to be commander-in-chief. ...Much of the campaign apparatus remained in the dark about Mr. McCain’s choice as of 9 a.m. Friday. Briefing calls that had been scheduled to go out to a top group of outsider advisers were delayed Thursday night, and then delayed again Friday morning."

Update: Tribune's Jill Zuckman: McCain picks Palin, source says.

Posted by Laura at August 29, 2008 08:59 AM