"She's old enough," Harris said. "She's a U.S. citizen." John Harris (R) Alaska House speaker when

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asked if Palin is qualified for VP.

also in the article from the Anchorage Daily News....

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Former House Speaker Gail Phillips, a Republican political leader who has clashed with Palin in the past, was shocked when she heard the news Friday morning with her husband, Walt.

"I said to Walt, 'This can't be happening, because his advance team didn't come to Alaska to check her out," Phillips said.

Phillips has been active in the Ted Stevens re-election steering committee and remains in close touch with Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other party leaders, and she said nobody had heard anything about McCain's people doing research on his prospective running mate.

"We're not a very big state. People I talk to would have heard something."

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http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/510249.html