Palin Courting ME Voters
BANGOR, ME – Gov. Sarah Palin evoked the highlights of her running mate's debate messages Thursday as she worked to pick up at least one of Maine's four electoral votes.
"As John McCain reminded Barack Obama last night, if he wanted to run against George Bush, he had his chance four years ago," she said at an airplane hangar rally. "This year the name on the ballot is John McCain and America knows that John McCain is his own man, he is the maverick."
Palin also evoked "Joe the Plumber," and his fictional female counterpart, Jane.
"You know, we want to cut taxes because we think like Joe or Jane the plumber thinks, OK?," she said. "Our opponents want to raise taxes because they think like that other Joe, that six-term senator from Delaware whom I'm running against."
Palin made a quick stop in Maine, not getting farther than Bangor's airplane hangar. The campaign's hope is that the visit could help pick up an electoral vote in the state, which allots two to the statewide winner and one for the winner of each congressional district. Bangor is located in the state's second congressional district, which is viewed as more conservative.
Joined by singer Lee Greenwood and Sen. Olympia Snowe, Palin acknowledged the state's tradition of electing females to federal office.
"Maine, you all know something about those cracks in the glass ceiling, but the women of America aren't finished yet," she said. "Maine, with your help, this November we are going to shatter once and for all that final glass ceiling."
(NBC/NJ's MATTHEW BERGER)
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