McCain doesn’t talk to Palin

Palin’s status as a “trophy VP” was cemented by the fact that McCain decided to pull out of campaigning in Michigan without discussing it with her. In fact she appears to have first learned of the decision by reading about it in the papers. That speaks volumes about the regard in which McCain hold his running mate, I would have thought.

Sarah Palin questioned Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s decision to abandon efforts to win Michigan, a campaign move she only learned about Friday morning when she read it in the newspapers.

In an interview with Fox News Channel Friday, the Alaska governor said she was disappointed that the McCain campaign decided to stop competing in Michigan. In an indication that the vice presidential candidate had not been part of the decision, she said she had “read that this morning and I fired off a quick e-mail” questioning the move.