From a Newsweek article I (apparently) started reading in the middle (and haven’t completed reading quite yet:
As Wallace and Scully drove up, they were met outside by Schmidt and Mark Salter, McCain’s longtime aide and speechwriter. Schmidt escorted the two upstairs, where he dramatically paused before a closed door. “You’re No. 7 and 8,” Schmidt said, referring to the number of people who were privy to McCain’s choice. As the door opened, a woman rose to greet them, shaking their hands enthusiastically. Scully and Wallace, still numb from her procedure, smiled and introduced themselves. The woman, Sarah Palin, looked very familiar, but, as both later recounted to other McCain aides, they did not immediately know who she was. (McCain loves this story, relishing the success of his bid to keep the selection process secret.)
Now when they say “They did not immediately know who she was” is this really because of how secretive McCain kept the selection process or because Palin was a nobody before she was thrust onto center stage of this three ring circus?
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Nobody knew who she was! But presumably the national political press core did know. There are only 8 female governors. You’d think it’s the kind of thing they’d keep an eye on. However, as governor of a state with as many people in it as the average midday crowd at a suburban Walmart, I’m not surprised she went unrecognized.