"Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement released by the campaign soon after the announcement. "Governor Palin shares John McCain's commitment to overturning Roe vs. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush's failed economic policies. That's not the change we need, it's just more of the same," he said.
Hours later in Pennsylvania, Barack Obama had to distance himself from his own spokesman by saying this, as reported by Ben Smith of Politico:
"I think that, uh, you know, campaigns start getting these, uh, hair triggers and, uh, the statement that Joe and I put out reflects our sentiments," he said, according to the pool report, apparently criticizing his staff for going overboard, as he did occasionally in the primary.
He was referring to a more gracious statement of congratulations he issued later with Biden, which he then reiterated.
"I haven't met her before. She seems like a compelling person ... with a terrific personal story."
This is one of the few moments in Obama's campaign where we saw headlights in their eyes.
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