But several former campaign advisers to McCain disputed his running mate’s charge that she was mishandled, with one calling it another instance of her resorting to “exaggerations or fiction.”The former governor of Alaska has become a popular conservative firebrand and her book, “Going Rogue: An American Life,” is to hit bookshelves with great fanfare on Tuesday as she embarks on a campaign-style book tour through a dozen states. The Drudgereport Web site provided some excerpts that point to oft-reported strains within the McCain-Palin campaign.
The extended review of last year’s loss to Barack Obama and Joe Biden threatens to become a distraction from Republican Party efforts to stay focused and make inroads on Democratic majorities in the US Congress in next year’s elections. According to the excerpts, Palin writes that within weeks of becoming the vice presidential nominee, “a ‘Free Sarah’ campaign was underway and the press at large was growing increasingly critical of the McCain camp’s decision to keep me, my family and friends back home, and my governor’s staff all bottled up.”
A former senior McCain campaign adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity, took issue with her accusation that she was fenced off from the news media.
