Are We On The Same Page Yet?
It seems some saw ambiguity in Sarah Palin's call yesterday for a guilty Sen. Ted Stevens (R) to do "what is right" for the people of Alaska. After some reports indicated that perhaps Palin was not on the same page as John McCain, who said plainly that Stevens should step down, the two GOP candidates gave a joint interview to CNBC's Maria Bartiromo this morning during which the GOP veep nom made her views clear.
Portions of the interview aired live, but Palin's response to a question about Stevens was taped and will air later this afternoon.
Per the Palin camp, here's the exchange about Stevens:
BARTIROMO: "...of Ted Stevens. We've got, obviously, one of the big stories of the day."
PALIN: "Ted Stevens, you know, a sad day for Alaska yesterday when he was found guilty of seven felonies. But -- and now he needs to do the right thing, and the right thing is -- as he's proclaiming his innocence and proclaiming, too, that he will go through the appellate process, OK, then he needs to step aside and allow our state to elect someone who will be supportive of those ideals of America: the free enterprise, the missions that we're on, to win the war, those things that have got to take place in order to progress this country. Ted Stevens has got to play a very statesmanlike role in this now."
(SEAN J. MILLER)