Pawlenty and Palin at the Republican Governors Association conference

Palin campaigns in battleground Ohio
Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a campaign rally at Rickenbacher Field on November 2, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio.
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