bret: and now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. vice presidential nominee paul ryan has walked back a comment about his prowess at marathon running. last week ryan told a radio host he had run a marathon in under three hours. high 2:00s. it had 2:50 something. ryan is known to be workout warrior but it raised eyebrows at runners world magazine. they did digging found he ran a single marathon in 1990 finishing in four hours, one minute and 25 seconds. ryan issued a statement saying even family members teased him about the claim. the race was more than 20 years ago. but my brother tobin who ran boston last year reminds me that he is the owner of the fastest marathon in the family and has never himself ran a sub-three. in two days, president clinton will ask america to re-elect president obama. but the past hasn t always been so congenial.
sarah palin beats paul ryan. well, she beats him when it comes to marathons. turns out congressman ryan did not have a two hour and 50 something run time like he claimed last week. it was more like four hours, one minute, 25 seconds. runners world magazine debunked his fib. ryan later admitted his brother owns the fastest marathon title in the family and he has never run a sub-three. the last republican vice presidential nominee sarah palin has a best time of three hours, 59 minutes. a runner-up will get to fulfill california delegate duties at democratic national convention taking place in charlotte. one is out after a night of heavy drinking and a police intervention. two delegates came back to their hotel, apparently passed out. one appeared to be unconscious so staff called the paramedics. he was sent to the hospital, then released the next day but the other delegate started fighting with hotel staff and emergency teches. the delegate was not arrested