http://www.metafilter.com/tags/veepstakes Posts tagged with 'veepstakes' at MetaFilter. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:52:01 -0800 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:52:01 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74487/Sarah%2DPalin%2Das%2DMcCains%2Drunningmate <a href="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/29/mccain-to-name-running-mate-on-friday/">Fox</a>, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7588435.stm">the BBC</a> and <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/">CNN</a> have all revealed that Republican US presidential candidate John McCain has picked Alaskan Governor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin">Sarah Palin</a> as his running mate on his 72nd birthday on the eve of the start of <a href="http://www.gopconvention2008.com/">Republican National Convention</a>. Despite being wildly popular in Alaska, Palin has recently been involved in <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gWi6yTVfPyJeiTBsQ33SSUiobt8wD92I9NIO0">an investigation</a> over whether she dismissed a public safety commissioner because he refused to dismiss her former brother-in-law. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74487 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:52:01 -0800 election election2008 gop mccain palin politics republicans rnc sarah sarahpalin veep veepstakes vicepresident vp HaloMan