Palin's Talent Scout

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:27 PM EDT The inner circle broke down between two choices. Those close to Karl Rove united around Romney. Rove engaged in heavy lobbying in an effort to get McCain to embrace Romney. Others, of whom Kristol was the most prominent, pushed Sarah Palin—arguing that she was young, popular, vigorous, unknown and had the right connections to the Religious Right bloc which had proven so important to Republican wins in 2000 and 2004. Who's leading the conversation? This visualization below allows you to see the impact that each user has on the current conversation. The top row contains the... [read full story]