Barely 24 hours after the election of Barack Obama as the next U.S. president. UU. Began to know the internal battles between John McCain and his number two, Sarah Palin, that shed light on the difficult relationship that both leaders had during the campaign.
According to published yesterday, The New York Times, there was a "civil war" within the Republicans with their two heads visible face in full election campaign, which had its most tragic moment in the wake of statements by Palin, telephone, he did to a false Nicolas Sarkozy on his hypothetical candidacy for the presidency. The governor of Alaska did not hesitate imitator of the French president, despite his exaggerated accent, and acknowledged that as president he was in "eight years".
This interview with Palin fell as a heavy blow in the campaign team of McCain, and even in the same senator, to produce a cataclysm within the formation. But tensions came over and fronts emerged since mid-September. The campaign team of McCain faced the governor of the large amount of money that went to his image. The Republican National Committee in September spent more than $ 150,000 in clothes, makeup and accessories for Palin and even members of his family.
The newspaper also highlighted the concern of McCain advisers who realized that Palin had become a liability of the candidate in the middle of the campaign. The controversial statements on international policy or errors on the responsibilities as a possible vice dented the image of the Republican nomination, according to sources close to acknowledge McCain. Something that was reflected in the polls.