Waiting game for McCain veep
By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press
August 28, 2008
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For his part, Pawlenty spent part of the day at the Minnesota State Fair, where he, too, shot down questions about his vice presidential chances.
Said Pawlenty: "It's an honor to have your name mentioned, or something like that."
He was scheduled to board a plane bound for Denver late in the evening, and was slated to act as McCain's top surrogate to counter the Democratic convention on Thursday in a round of media appearances.
Lieberman, a close McCain friend whose nomination would rock the GOP, packed his bags Tuesday for a vacation at an undisclosed location outside of Connecticut for an undetermined amount of time.
Pressed if the "vacation" line was just a smokescreen while Lieberman meets with McCain advisers, spokesman Marshall Wittmann said: "To paraphrase Mae West, sometimes a vacation is just a vacation ... He's just on vacation."
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Associated Press Writers Glen Johnson in Boston, Andrew Miga in Washington, and Amy Forliti in Falcon Heights, Minn. contributed to this report.
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