A forceful advocate for McCain

Palin gives ample proof she'll have no trouble fulfilling traditional attack-dog role By Paul West
September 4, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A prolonged, thunderous roar greeted Sarah Palin last night as the newest Republican star joined a long line of the party's media scourges, including former Maryland Gov. Spiro T. Agnew, who stood in her place 40 years ago.

Boos rained down when she added her voice to John McCain's new campaign counterattack against the news media in the aftermath of unflattering publicity about Palin and how she was chosen.

But in confidently introducing herself to the nation, the Republican vice presidential candidate chose another vice president, a Democrat, Harry S. Truman, as a model for comparison.

Palin offered a personal and, at times, corny self-portrait of herself as a common-sense product of small-town America who wants to join McCain in shaking up Washington. the rest image

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