Thursday night/Friday morning, on the eve of John McCain’s announcement of who his running mate would be, was an all-nighter for this scribe. I really was tired and sleepy, but I just couldn’t make myself go to bed. Instead I was following this thread of comments on the Draft Sarah Palin For Vice President website. Adam Brickley, who created the site in February of 2007, has faithfully and tirelessly promoted Gov. Palin for the vice presidency ever since. My own meager efforts in support of Palin consisted of a couple of journal entries (here and here), so they pale in comparison to those of Adam, Palin’s true web champion.

The thread was a fascinating thing to watch as it unfolded. The contributors tried to separate solid clues from rumor as each new comment was posted. Pawlenty was in Ohio. No he wasn’t; he was staying in Minnesota for the state fair. Palin was in Alaska. No, wait, she might be in Ohio. What really intrigued me were the reports taken from a site which tracks aircraft flights. There was a lot of activity with a couple of chartered bizjets, one which flew from Alaska to Arizona and back, and another which made its way from Alaska directly to Ohio. The dates and time were just too convenient to be coincidence, and it seemed like a troublesome and expensive way to misdirect attention away from any other potential nominee.

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