After a day in which GOP Vice Presidential pick Gov. Sarah Palin had to acknowledge that her 17 year old unmarried daughter was pregnant and it was revealed she had hired a lawyer to help with the Troopergate probe back in Alaska, the news media is on high alert.
It doesn't necessarily mean that things are going to get worse, but if we were writing a forecast for this storm, we would have to issue a Hurricane Watch.
Why? Because there is some blood in the water on Gov. Palin and her family.
If nothing new gets added to the mix, then things will be fine. But if we start finding out other things, then the heat is going to get turned up even more.
As for the news that her 17-year old daughter is pregnant, I don't think that in itself is really damning news or anything.
It seems to me the same groups that like Palin's pro-life views will softly applaud her daughter's decision to have the baby and marry the father.
It's not like this never happens to any other family. And that's sort of my point. This can be familiar to a lot of people.
But the Troopergate thing is one of those dumb stories that takes on a life that's more than the sum of its political parts.
And if there is anything else, then who knows where this goes.
She will evidently have her first public event during this convention week here in Minneapolis today as she evidently will be honored by a pro-life group not far from the convention hall.
It won't surprise me if she shows up at a delegation breakfast today, either.
"And when is Palin going to start giving interviews?" my media savvy sister asked in an email on Monday. "You media attack dogs shouldn't stand for that for too much longer," she added (correctly.)
It is pretty ridiculous that she hasn't sat down for any network interviews or anything. I know there are other issues out there, but she's the VP nominee.
At some point you have to answer some questions.
Tomorrow night, Gov. Palin is slated to give her acceptance speech for the GOP nomination for Vice President.
You can't let the media sharks get too excited, because by the time there is a news conference or some kind of media interaction with the Veep, it will resemble the highly charged scene involving Sen. Dan Quayle in 1988 at the Republican Convention in New Orleans.
Stay tuned.
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