On Tuesday morning, at a rally today in Jacksonville, Florida, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accidentally referred to herself as the Republican Presidential nominee. CNN's Ed Hornick reports:
McCain's running mate said he has "seen the corrupt ways of Washington and the wasteful spending and other abuses of power, and as president, I promise you, I'm going to help him do this. We're going to end those abuses."
This is not the first time Palin has stumbled in referring to her party's campaign as the Palin-McCain ticket. On September 18, Palin addressed a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by proposing tax cuts for small businesses, stating:
"That's exactly what we're gonna do in a Palin and McCain administration."
Since her emergence onto the national scene, Palin has indeed excited the conservative base and has become the top draw on John McCain's Republican ticket. Following her remarks in Cedar Rapids, ABC's Jake Tapper wrote, "I've also heard [Palin] refer to McCain as 'my running mate' -- a term I don't recall ever hearing a VP nominee use when discussing the guy at the top of the ticket. Maybe the fact that the crowds are leaving after she speaks, while McCain is speaking, is getting to her."