Boston Globe
Obama brushed aside questions about Palin, saying he preferred to focus on Republican nominee John McCain, while some of his surrogates portrayed the Alaska governor as a "frightening" fringe politician.
Obama also dismissed Republicans' complaints that Palin, who was formally nominated last night to be the second woman on a major party's ticket, was being treated unfairly because of her gender. "I assume she wants to be treated the same way guys are treated, which means their records are under scrutiny. I've been through this for 19 months. She's been through this for, what, four days so far?"
Vietor denied that the Obama campaign was reluctant to go after Palin on grounds that an argument about her inexperience could backfire on Obama, who has been a US senator for less than four years.
In California, Senator Barbara Boxer told reporters that Palin is "way out of the mainstream" and "anti-science," citing the Alaska governor's skeptical views on global warming and stem cell research..........
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