Questions remain over Palin selection as McCain slips in the polls
Updated on 03 September 2008
Sarah Smith reports on the outstanding questions facing John McCain over his choice of running mate.
It is five days since John McCain announced his vice-presidential candidate for the Republican ticket, and yet the debate over Sarah Palin, the moose-hunting mother-of-five and governor of Alaska, still dominates political debate in the US.
It was revealed today that she was only properly vetted face-to-face by the McCain team the day before she was offered the role.
