Shocker: Palin Cancels Big California Swing

[EV_Ares]

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was to star at two major California fundraisers and an Orange County rally for 15,000 next week, has canceled her two-day swing through the Golden State, campaign sources said.

The change is a shocker, because Palin's presence had electrified the GOP base in California. Party insiders were distributing 15,000 tickets to her Sept. 26 rally in Orange County -- and fundraisers reported an almost instantaneous sell-out of her two $1,000-a-head Sept. 25 fundraising events in Orange County and Santa Clara.

Both fundraisers had generated such high ticket sales that the OC Lincoln Club event was moved to the Orange County Performing Arts Center, and the Bay Area event was moved from the Woodside home of Tom Siebel to the huge Santa Clara Convention Center.

The change comes in the same week a new Field Poll showed that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama still leads Republican presidential candidate John McCain in California by a whopping 16-point margin.

So Palin's pullout from her Western state swing is sure to ramp up chatter that the GOP ticket -- which has insisted it will compete here -- may be reassessing its Golden State presence. (Team McCain says it's just a scheduling issue.)

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[glowing]

1. Think they're getting ready to dump Palin?

[Ian David]

3. I'm telling you... the ticket will be John McCain / Chuck Norris. n/t

[EV_Ares]

4. I wondered that at first but what about the possibility they are just giving up on CA?

[frylock]

7. i think they're getting ready to dump mccain!

[Clio the Leo]

2. lol, dont you wish there was some way we could send Joe to them instead...

.... he could stand up at the podium and laugh at them, say "you guys are screwed" and then leave.

[monmouth]

5. Tinfoil: The investigators in Alaska have called McCain's team

and have informed them "this woman is a mess, she's up to her eyeballs in corruption and it's time to get rid of her." I'm just sayin'.....

[EV_Ares]

9. Yeah, they gave up a $1000 a head fundraiser already sold out and were moving

it to a larger arena. Something is up. I guess it could be the 16 point lead there by Obama.

[Duke Newcombe]

6. Please...PULEEEZZ let her show her face around here.

It would not be pretty. Even in the reddish interior of CA, she's no rock star, let me tell you.

Duke

[Boz]

8. Is it me or have they cancelled almost as many big appearances as she has made?

I dont mean the little sweeps and the joint ones, but the ones shes specifically the draw, se like a bait and switch on the repubs.

Oh yeah shes comin, give us your money, oh wait aybe shes not but give anyway.

And oh by the way since we have public financing it cant be used for this campaign.