Game Change Page #5

that I see the hand of God

in this beautiful creation

that is earth.

I'm really glad

that you're asking me

these types

of questions.

Why is that?

It's important that you know

exactly what you're getting.

A.B.:

John, let me be very clear.

Every other vet we did was over

a four-to-eight-week period.

This vet has been compiled

in absolute secrecy

in less than five days.

I understand.

Well, in doing

a vet this fast,

there's certainly

the possibility

that we may have

missed something.

Yeah, I got it.

What do you think, a.B.?

I like many of her answers

in the questionnaire.

And in the interview, she hit some

of my questions out of the park.

Now...

There are more potential

land mines with Palin

than with

the other choices.

She told us she has

a teen daughter who's pregnant.

That should not prevent this

from moving forward,

but we don't know

what else could pop up.

But are you impressed

with her personally?

I am.

She has a great

life story

and she's extremely

poised and confident

for someone

in her situation.

But you have a candidate

who's only been governor

for 18 months.

Before that, she was the

mayor of a small town

with 10,000 people.

She undercuts your

best attack on Obama

that he's too inexperienced.

Well, that's played out.

We lose by five if we stick

with experience.

You think she's ready

to be president?

I don't think she's gonna

be ready on January 20th,

but I think she has the smarts

to get there eventually.

Give me

the bottom line, a.B.

High risk...

High reward.

You shouldn't have

told me that.

Why not?

I've been a risk-taker

all my life.

- Hi.

- Hi. How are ya?

Great.

Thanks so much for coming.

Thank you for having me

at your beautiful house.

Well, come on in.

Please.

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John:
One of the things

I'm most proud of, Sarah,

is my independence.

And I'm very impressed

with how you've bucked

the republican

establishment in Alaska.

Well, I am wired to be kind

of independent there also.

And I thought if I'm gonna

truly run the state

on behalf of the people,

I'm gonna have to do it

without that

good ole boy network.

I love the way you squashed

Stevens' bridge to nowhere.

Yeah. I am pro-growth

and pro-infrastructure

for Alaska,

but not at the expense

of the American taxpayer.

I told congress

if we wanted a bridge,

we'd build it ourselves.

You remind me of myself.

We're both reformers

who are not afraid

to thumb our nose

at our own party.

Senator, you're

an American hero.

I'm just Sarah

from Alaska.

What do you guys think?

I know a guy

like Tim pawlenty

isn't exactly

the game-changing pick

you all seem

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