Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaks after being chosen the Republican vice presidential running mate for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio August 29, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)AP - In two short years, Sarah Palin moved from small-town mayor with a taste for mooseburgers to the governor’s office and now — making history — to John McCain’s side as the first female running mate on a Republican presidential ticket.

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