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Talk About A Hail Mary . . .

By Big Tent Democrat

Via TPM, the Times of London reports:

In an election campaign notable for its surprises, Sarah Palin, the Republican vice- presidential candidate, may be about to spring a new one -- the wedding of her pregnant teenage daughter to her ice-hockey-playing fiancé before the November 4 election.

Inside John McCain's campaign the expectation is growing that there will be a popularity boosting pre-election wedding in Alaska between Bristol Palin, 17, and Levi Johnston, 18, her schoolmate and father of her baby. "It would be fantastic," said a McCain insider. "You would have every TV camera there. The entire country would be watching. It would shut down the race for a week."

The strange thing is it very well may be McCain's best bet.

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 28, 2008 (boomark / email).