Sarah Palin: Meetings and controversies

Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gets a warm greeting from supporters as she arrives for a rally in Virginia Beach, Va.  (AFP/Getty photo by Jim Watson)

A Wisconsin supporter of the McCain/Palin ticket attends a rally in Mosinee, Wis.   (AFP/Getty photo by Jim Watson)

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs autographs at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Penn. after a rally.   (AFP/Getty photo by Jim Watson)

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is closely guarded as she arrives at Lehigh Valley Aviation in Allentown, Penn. for a campaign appearance at Lehigh University.   (AFP/Getty photo by Jim Watson)

Sarah Palin passes back a camera-phone she signed for a supporter Saturday during a campaign rally at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.   (AFP/Getty Images photo by Robyn Beck)

Democratic supporters display placards Saturday outside the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., before Sarah Palin arrives for a campaign rally.   (AFP/Getty Images photo by Jewel Samad)

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin waves at her supporters Saturday as she arrives for a campaign rally at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.   (AFP/Getty Images photo by Jewel Samad)

Sarah Palin responds to cheers Thursday upon her arrival for a post-debate rally at St. Louis University’s Chaifetz Arena. Palin received a grand welcome at the rally after holding her own in a highly-anticipated U.S. vice presidential debate with Democrat Joseph Biden.   (AFP/Getty Images by Robyn Beck)

People watch the vice-presidential debate live on television over breakfast Friday at a pub in Beijing. The campaigns of rival White House hopefuls rushed to claim victory after the debate between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin.   (AFP/Getty Images photo by Frederic J. Brown)

Democratic supporters watch the televised vice-presidential debate Thursday between Democrat Joseph Biden and his Republican counterpart Sarah Palin at the Social Hollywood in Los Angeles.   (AFP/Getty Images photo by Jewel Samad)

Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, with husband Todd, leave Flagstaff, Arizona en route to St Louis, Missouri where she will face off with her Democratic counterpart Sen. Joe Biden in their one and only debate.  (AFP/Getty photo by Robyn Beck)

Cindy McCain (left), the wife of Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain and Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (right) sit together at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York. The three-day event will bring together global leaders to develop and then implement workable solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.   (AFP/Getty photo by Stan Honda)

Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin chats with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a meeting at a hotel in New York City. Palin is in New York to meet with world leaders in town for the UN General Assembly, to acquire foreign policy knowledge and connections.  (AFP/Getty photo by Mandel Ngan)

Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is welcomed by her daughter Piper at the airport in Fairbanks, Alaska.   (AFP/Getty photo by Robyn Beck)

Supporters cheer Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as they take the stage at a campaign event at Van Dyke Park in Fairfax, Virginia.   (AFP/Getty photo by Robyn Beck)