Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kamar yadda Palin ba a san shi ba a waje da Alaska kafin McCain ya zaɓe ta, rayuwarta ta sirri, manufofin siyasa, da rikodin siyasa sun jawo hankali sosai ga kafofin watsa labarai. A ranar 1 ga Satumba, 2008, Palin ta sanar da cewa 'yarta Bristol tana da ciki kuma za ta auri mahaifin, Levi Johnston. A wannan lokacin, wasu 'yan Republican sun ji cewa' yan jarida sun kai wa Palin hari ba daidai ba. Timothy Noah na mujallar "Slate" ya yi hasashen cewa jawabin karɓar Palin zai kasance "mai daɗaɗawa sosai" kuma yana iya kawo ƙarshen jita-jita cewa ba ta cancanci aikin mataimakin shugaban kasa ba saboda 'yan jarida sun doke ta saboda "rarraba-rarraba" kuma sun rage tsammanin jawabin ta. A ranar 3 ga Satumba, 2008, Palin ya ba da jawabin karɓar minti 40 a Yarjejeniyar Republican ta Kasa
wanda mutane sama da miliyan 40 suka kalli.