Tucker Bounds Campbell Brown Interview

- Brown asked about Palin's lack of experienceTalking Points Memo: That's Original (September 1, 2008)
- Bounds responded that McCain and Palin have more public policy experience, collectively, than Barack Obama and Joe BidenTalking Points Memo: That's Original (September 1, 2008)
- ABC: Reportedly the only news outlet to get a televised interview with McCain during the 2008 Republican ConventionTop of the Ticket: CNN, John McCain at odds following Brown... (September 2, 2008)

During a September 1, 2008 CNN interview, anchor Campbell Brown asked questions to John McCain campaign spokesperson Tucker Bounds about Sarah Palin's public policy experience, but Bounds evaded the questions.Talking Points Memo: That's Original (September 1, 2008) As a result, the McCain camp canceled a scheduled September 2, 2008 interview with Larry King.Top of the Ticket: CNN, John McCain at odds following Brown... (September 2, 2008)
McCain Spokesperson Statement

"After a relentless refusal by certain on-air reporters to come to terms with John McCain’s selection of Alaska’s sitting governor as our party’s nominee for vice president, we decided John McCain’s time would be better served elsewhere." — McCain spokesperson Maria Comella, regarding the Larry King interview cancellation (September 2, 2008)Top of the Ticket: CNN, John McCain at odds following Brown... (September 2, 2008)