Palin fires up Scranton crowd

The Scranton Times-Tribune has a full recap of GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's Tuesday visit to Scranton, where the Alaskan governor espoused all of her party's familiar themes and criticisms of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

John McCain plans to eliminate the federal deficit while jump-starting the economy, the paper reported Palin said..

"America is deep in debt and he (Barack Obama) will get us in deeper," she said. "America cannot afford another big spender in the White House."

Chris Hackett, a GOP challenger to U.S. Rep. Chris Carney (D-Dimock) in the 10th Congressional District, addressed the crowd before Palin's arrival. The Times-Tribune reported in response to Hackett mentioning Obama's name, one man in the crowd yelled "kill him." The paper reported that was the only such incident at the event.