Sarah Palin - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Sarah Palin Index / People Transcripts Josh Earnest ...and facing off against John McCain and Sarah Palin . What was that like for you? Well... ...had this rupture between McCain and Palin at the end of their campaign, and yo... ...the end of their campaign, and you had Palin , the running mate that nobody had eve... ...rhetoric and world-view of people like Sarah Palin , but it really amplified thos... ...impulses, that were personified by Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh, was really th... Patrick Gaspard ...in that moment, with the selection of Sarah Palin , and the forces that we saw coalescin... ...made really evident in the swirl after Sarah Palin became the Republican nominee for VP... Cecilia Muñoz ...some partisanship in the room—because Sarah Palin was a governor, for example. But it wa... Ellen Moran ...conversation around the nomination of Sarah Palin , who obviously doesn't fit into th... Janet Napolitano ...Night Live, and all of a sudden, Sarah Palin comes on. And I'm, like, “Well, that'... ...I look at her, and I go, That's not Sarah Palin . That's Tina Fey! And then I said t... Tommy Vietor ...dealing with reporters covering the [Sarah L.] Palin campaign, you're just calling people... Ben LaBolt ...Obama really was. Not who, you know, Sarah [L.] Palin , for example, would want to paint hi... ...up being launched by McCain or really Sarah Palin . Right? Sarah Palin saying that Obam... ...by McCain or really Sarah Palin. Right? Sarah Palin saying that Obama pals around wit... ...deployed during the general election. Palin was a tone change in the campaign tha... ...of the party were contained. But Palin really didn't and so I had to prepar... ...the reaction inside the campaign when Sarah Palin was chosen as McCain's running mate? ... ...always work out. And as soon as the Palin -Katie Couric interview, “I can se... Show more... Christopher Dodd ...people say, “Well, if he hadn't had Sarah [L.] Palin .” [Laughs] Barack Obama was going t... Paul Ryan ...having today. What did you make of Sarah Palin as the vice-presidential nominee? ... ...fatigue. The meltdown happened after Sarah Palin was picked—if I'm getting my chronolog... ...grinder. I told my wife, “How did Sarah Palin survive what she did?” She didn't kno... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Russia Russia go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere go to the Gun Control Gun Control